{ "id": "math/0405359", "version": "v1", "published": "2004-05-18T22:12:54.000Z", "updated": "2004-05-18T22:12:54.000Z", "title": "A note on the free energy of the coupled system in the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model", "authors": [ "Dmitry Panchenko" ], "comment": "16 pages", "journal": "2005 Markov Process. Related Fields 11 No. 1", "categories": [ "math.PR", "cond-mat.dis-nn" ], "abstract": "In this paper we consider a system of spins that consists of two configurations $\\vsi^1,\\vsi^2\\in\\Sigma_N=\\{-1,+1\\}^N$ with Gaussian Hamiltonians $H_N^1(\\vsi^1)$ and $H_N^2(\\vsi^2)$ correspondingly, and these configurations are coupled on the set where their overlap is fixed $\\{R_{1,2}=N^{-1}\\sum_{i=1}^N \\sigma_i^1\\sigma_i^2 = u_N\\}.$ We prove the existence of the thermodynamic limit of the free energy of this system given that $\\lim_{N\\to\\infty}u_N = u\\in[-1,1]$ and give the analogue of the Aizenman-Sims-Starr variational principle that describes this limit via random overlap structures.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2004-05-18T22:12:54.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "60K35", "82B44" ], "keywords": [ "free energy", "sherrington-kirkpatrick model", "coupled system", "aizenman-sims-starr variational principle", "random overlap structures" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 16, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2004math......5359P" } } }