Abstract
A new method, that systematically combines results of random matrix theory and the usual statistical mechanics, is described to study thermodynamic properties of disordered systems. Two exactly solvable models are examined in this formulation to illustrate the usefulness of this method for systems described by random as well as non-random Hamiltonian.
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Parikh, J.C. Random matrix theory and the statistical mechanics of disordered systems. Pramana - J Phys 20, 467–476 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02846282
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