On weak ergodicity breaking in mean-field spin glasses

Folena, Giampaolo; Zamponi, Francesco

doi:10.21468/SciPostPhys.15.3.109

SciPost Physics

On weak ergodicity breaking in mean-field spin glasses

Giampaolo Folena, Francesco Zamponi

SciPost Phys. 15, 109 (2023) · published 21 September 2023

doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.15.3.109
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Abstract

The weak ergodicity breaking hypothesis postulates that out-of-equilibrium glassy systems lose memory of their initial state despite being unable to reach an equilibrium stationary state. It is a milestone of glass physics, and has provided a lot of insight on the physical properties of glass aging. Despite its undoubted usefulness as a guiding principle, its general validity remains a subject of debate. Here, we present evidence that this hypothesis does not hold for a class of mean-field spin glass models. While most of the qualitative physical picture of aging remains unaffected, our results suggest that some important technical aspects should be revisited.

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AB  - The weak ergodicity breaking hypothesis postulates that out-of-equilibrium glassy systems lose memory of their initial state despite being unable to reach an equilibrium stationary state. It is a milestone of glass physics, and has provided a lot of insight on the physical properties of glass aging. Despite its undoubted usefulness as a guiding principle, its general validity remains a subject of debate. Here, we present evidence that this hypothesis does not hold for a class of mean-field spin glass models. While most of the qualitative physical picture of aging remains unaffected, our results suggest that some important technical aspects should be revisited.
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¹ Giampaolo Folena,
² Francesco Zamponi

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European Research Council [ERC]