Gauge theory for mixed pp-spin glasses

Physical quantities in the mixed $p$-spin glasses are evaluated with Nishimori's gauge theory and several variance inequalities. The $\mathbb Z_2$-symmetry breaking and the replica-symmetry breaking are studied in finite and infinite dimensions. Obtained bounds on the expectation of the square of the magnetization and spontaneous magnetization enable us to clarify properties of paramagnetic and spin glass phases. It is proven that variances of ferromagnetic and spin glass order parameters vanish on the Nishimori line in the infinite volume limit. These results imply the self-averaging of these order parameters on the Nishimori line. The self-averaging of the spin glass order parameter rigorously justifies already argued absence of replica-symmetry breaking on the Nishimori line.Comment: 13 page

Deformation of a renormalization-group equation applied to infinite-order phase transitions

By adding a linear term to a renormalization-group equation in a system exhibiting infinite-order phase transitions, asymptotic behavior of running coupling constants is derived in an algebraic manner. A benefit of this method is presented explicitly using several examples.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, revtex4, typo corrected, references adde

Phase diagram of a 1 dimensional spin-orbital model

We study a 1 dimensional spin-orbital model using both analytical and numerical methods. Renormalization group calculations are performed in the vicinity of a special integrable point in the phase diagram with SU(4) symmetry. These indicate the existence of a gapless phase in an extended region of the phase diagram, missed in previous studies. This phase is SU(4) invariant at low energies apart from the presence of different velocities for spin and orbital degrees of freedom. The phase transition into a gapped dimerized phase is in a generalized Kosterlitz-Thouless universality class. The phase diagram of this model is sketched using the density matrix renormalization group technique.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figures, new references adde

Antiferromagnetic S=1/2 Heisenberg Chain and the Two-flavor Massless Schwinger Model

An antiferromagnetic S=1/2 Heisenberg chain is mapped to the two-flavor massless Schwinger model at \theta=\pi. The electromagnetic coupling constant and velocity of light in the Schwinger model are determined in terms of the Heisenberg coupling and lattice spacing in the spin chain system.Comment: 3 pages. LaTex2