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Phys. Rev. Lett. 35, 1792–1796 (1975)

Solvable Model of a Spin-Glass

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David Sherrington* and Scott Kirkpatrick
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598

Received 16 October 1975; published in the issue dated 29 December 1975

We consider an Ising model in which the spins are coupled by infinite-ranged random interactions independently distributed with a Gaussian probability density. Both "spinglass" and ferromagnetic phases occur. The competition between the phases and the type of order present in each are studied.

© 1975 The American Physical Society

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.35.1792
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*On sabbatical leave from Department of Physics, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ, England.