Spin Glass & Frustration

Triangular lattice with random ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic bonds — frustrated plaquettes resist ground state order.

Parameters

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Frustrated: --
Magnetization: --
Steps: 0
Frustration occurs on triangles where bonds cannot all be satisfied simultaneously. Highlighted in orange.

Random bonds freeze spins into a glassy state: neither ferromagnetic nor ordered. Exponentially many near-degenerate local minima.

Green bonds = ferromagnetic (J>0). Red dashed = antiferromagnetic (J<0).