Free energy distribution function of a random Ising ferromagnet
Abstract
We study the free energy distribution function of a weakly disordered Ising ferromagnet in terms of the D-dimensional random temperature Ginzburg-Landau Hamiltonian. It is shown that besides the usual Gaussian 'body' this distribution function exhibits non-Gaussian tails both in the paramagnetic and in the ferromagnetic phases. Explicit asymptotic expressions for these tails are derived. It is demonstrated that the tails are strongly asymmetric: the left tail (for large negative values of the free energy) is much slower than the right one (for large positive values of the free energy). It is argued that at the critical point the free energy of the random Ising ferromagnet in dimensions D < 4 is described by a non-trivial universal distribution function which is non-self-averaging.
- Publication:
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Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
- Pub Date:
- May 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1742-5468/2012/05/P05027
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1204.1831
- Bibcode:
- 2012JSMTE..05..027D
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics;
- Condensed Matter - Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
- E-Print:
- 10 pages, 2 figures