Spin Glasses (Lecture Notes in Mathematics)
Contributors: Erwin Bolthausen (Editor); Anton Bovier (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 19, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9783540409021
Subjects: Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids); Science; Science/Mathematics; Physics; Probability & Statistics - General; 82B44, 82C44, 82B20, 60K35, 60K37; Science / Physics; Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model; ageing; disordered systems; random energy model; spin glasses
Description: "This collection of state-of-the-art review papers witten by leading experts in the field covers the topic from a wide variety of angles. The topics covered are mean field spin glasses, including a pedagogical account of Talagrand's proof of the Parisi solution, short range spin glasses, emphasizing the open problem of the relevance of the mean-field theory for lattice models, and the dynamics of spin glasses, in particular the problem of ageing in mean field models." "The book will serve as a concise introduction to the state of the art of spin glass theory, usefull to both graduate students and young researchers, as well as to anyone curious to know what is going on in this exciting area of mathematical physics."--BOOK JACKET.