About this Research Topic
Fifty years after the discovery of transition-like behavior in randomly-dilute magnetic alloys, the spin-glass state is still not fully understood. Interpreting spin-glass behavior is of practical importance for understanding cooperative behavior in random systems, and fundamental interest for insight into complexity that occurs across multiple times and spatial scales. In recent years, great strides have been made towards clarifying the spin-glass problem utilizing novel experimental techniques, detailed simulations of microscopic models, and analytical analyses of mean-field and scaling theories.
Our goal is to collect recent developments in the general area of spin-glass-like behavior into a review that can guide future progress. Specifically, we plan to assemble a range of recent studies from diverse disciplines to provide up-to-date insight into the behavior of complex systems. The volume is expected to contain a series of papers that can provide readily accessible (open access) content from top researchers in the field.
The goal of this Research Topic is to provide an updated survey covering a broad swath of new techniques, analysis and applications that fall under the umbrella of “Spin Glass”. As the spin glass field enters its second half century this survey seeks to provide an overview of the state of research in the field today. We seek contributions from researchers who have made a significant contribution to the field within the last several years. We would also like to survey the techniques that put the authors at the forefront of this field, whether it is new experimental techniques, materials, numerical algorithms or computing machines, new theoretical insights or some of the new applications in the Humanities which use spin glass theory. This Research Topic will also serve as a forum to explain why the presented works are at the Frontiers of Physics.
We invite the authors to have a look at the kind of accepted papers here.
This Research Topic is dedicated to the fond memory of Professor Paolo Sibani, prematurely passed away in April 2023. At the time of his passing Professor Sibani was working as a co-editor of this collection.
Our goal is to collect recent developments in the general area of spin-glass-like behavior into a review that can guide future progress. Specifically, we plan to assemble a range of recent studies from diverse disciplines to provide up-to-date insight into the behavior of complex systems. The volume is expected to contain a series of papers that can provide readily accessible (open access) content from top researchers in the field.
The goal of this Research Topic is to provide an updated survey covering a broad swath of new techniques, analysis and applications that fall under the umbrella of “Spin Glass”. As the spin glass field enters its second half century this survey seeks to provide an overview of the state of research in the field today. We seek contributions from researchers who have made a significant contribution to the field within the last several years. We would also like to survey the techniques that put the authors at the forefront of this field, whether it is new experimental techniques, materials, numerical algorithms or computing machines, new theoretical insights or some of the new applications in the Humanities which use spin glass theory. This Research Topic will also serve as a forum to explain why the presented works are at the Frontiers of Physics.
We invite the authors to have a look at the kind of accepted papers here.
This Research Topic is dedicated to the fond memory of Professor Paolo Sibani, prematurely passed away in April 2023. At the time of his passing Professor Sibani was working as a co-editor of this collection.
Keywords: spin glass, magnetism, phase transitions, disorder, randomness, frustration, complexity on multiple length and time scales, fluctuations, machine learning, artificial intelligence
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