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    Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model near T=TcT=T_c: expanding around the Replica Symmetric Solution

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    An expansion for the free energy functional of the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick (SK) model, around the Replica Symmetric SK solution Qab(RS)=δab+q(1−δab)Q^{({\rm RS})}_{ab} = \delta_{ab} + q(1-\delta_{ab}) is investigated. In particular, when the expansion is truncated to fourth order in. Qab−Qab(RS)Q_{ab} - Q^{({\rm RS})}_{ab}. The Full Replica Symmetry Broken (FRSB) solution is explicitly found but it turns out to exist only in the range of temperature 0.549...≤T≤Tc=10.549...\leq T\leq T_c=1, not including T=0. On the other hand an expansion around the paramagnetic solution Qab(PM)=δabQ^{({\rm PM})}_{ab} = \delta_{ab} up to fourth order yields a FRSB solution that exists in a limited temperature range 0.915...≤T≤Tc=10.915...\leq T \leq T_c=1.Comment: 18 pages, 3 figure

    Magnetic phases evolution in the LaMn1-xFexO3+y system

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    We have investigated the crystal structure and magnetic properties for polycrystalline samples of LaMn1-xFexO3+y, in the whole range x=0.0 to x=1.0, prepared by solid state reaction in air. All samples show the ORT-2 orthorhombic structure that suppresses the Jahn-Teller distortion, thus favoring a ferromagnetic (FM) superexchange (SE) interaction between Mn^{3+}-O-Mn^{3+}. For x=0.0 the oxygen excess (y ~ 0.09) produces vacancies in the La and Mn sites and generates a fraction around 18% of Mn^{4+} ions and 82% of the usual Mn^{3+} ions, with possible double exchange interaction between them. The Fe doping in this system is known to produce only stable Fe^{3+} ions. We find an evolution from a fairly strong FM phase with a Curie temperature T_{C} ~ 160 K, for x=0.0, to an antiferromagnetic (AFM) phase with T_{N} = 790 K, for x=1.0, accompanied by clear signatures of a cluster-glass behavior. For intermediate Fe contents a mixed-phase state occurs, with a gradual decrease (increase) of the FM (AFM) phase, accompanied by a systematic transition broadening for 0.2 < x < 0.7. A model based on the expected exchange interaction among the various magnetic-ion types, accounts very well for the saturation-magnetization dependence on Fe doping.Comment: 27 pages, 9 figure
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