1996/10/10 by Torsten Wappler, Michael Schreiber, Thomas Vojta · 2 citations
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Glass properties and applications #Material Dynamics and Properties #Theoretical and Computational Physics #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.55.6272
published as Phys. Rev. B 55, 6272 (1997) · 10 pages RevTeX, 8 Postscript figures
arxiv created 1996/10/10 · openalex publication_date 1997/03/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We study the dynamical behavior of disordered many-particle systems with long-range Coulomb interactions by means of damage-spreading simulations. In this type of Monte Carlo simulation one investigates the time evolution of the damage, i.e., the difference of the occupation numbers of two systems, subjected to the same thermal noise. We analyze the dependence of the damage on temperature and disorder strength. For zero disorder the spreading transition coincides with the equilibrium phase transition, whereas for finite disorder we find evidence for a dynamical phase transition well below the transition temperature of the pure system.