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The Ground State of the 2-Dimensional Potts Glass

A. P. YoungJ. D. RegerM. Scheucher

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Physicssymbols.namesakeCondensed matter physicsGaussiansymbolsGeneral Physics and AstronomyEntropy (information theory)Boundary value problemRenormalization groupGlass transitionGround statePotts model

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We study the ground state of the 3-state Potts glass in 2 dimensions with a Gaussian distribution of couplings by domain wall renormalization group techniques. We find that the glass correlation function decays to a finite value within a distance of about 2.4 lattice spacings. Thus, there is long-range order in the ground state even though, as found earlier, there is a finite zero-point entropy.

https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/20/4/010