SPIN GLASS
Edwards-Anderson model — frustration and disorder
Temperature T
T = 0.50
Steps/frame
8
NEW DISORDER [D]
RESET SPINS [R]
PAUSE [Space]
Energy/site
—
Magnetization
—
Frustrated bonds
—
Satisfied bonds
—
spin up (+1)
spin down (−1)
ferromagnetic bond (+J)
antiferromagnetic (−J)
Frustrated plaquettes (⊗) cannot simultaneously satisfy all bonds. The random ±J couplings create a rugged energy landscape with exponentially many metastable states.
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