{
  "id": "1006.0151",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2010-06-01T15:20:03.000Z",
  "updated": "2010-06-01T15:20:03.000Z",
  "title": "Effects of Quenched Randomness on Classical and Quantum Phase Transitions",
  "authors": [
    "Rafael L. Greenblatt"
  ],
  "comment": "100 pages LaTeX (with included style files), 3 EPS figures. Doctoral dissertation",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "cond-mat.dis-nn",
    "math-ph",
    "math.MP",
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "This dissertation describes the effect of quenched randomness on first order phase transitions in lattice systems, classical and quantum. It is proven that a large class of quantum lattice systems in low dimension (d <= 2 or, with suitable continuous symmetry, d <= 4) cannot exhibit first-order phase transitions in the presence of suitable (\"direct\") quenched disorder.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2010-06-01T15:20:03.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum phase transitions",
      "quenched randomness",
      "first order phase transitions",
      "first-order phase transitions",
      "quantum lattice systems"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "dissertation"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "journal": "Ph.D. Thesis",
      "year": 2010
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "LaTeX",
      "pages": 100,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2010PhDT.......178G"
    }
  }
}