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Thermodynamics and Universality for Mean Field Quantum Spin Glasses

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We study aspects of the thermodynamics of quantum versions of spin glasses. By means of the Lie-Trotter formula for exponential sums of operators, we adapt methods used to analyze classical spin glass models to answer analogous questions about quantum models.

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Crawford, N. Thermodynamics and Universality for Mean Field Quantum Spin Glasses. Commun. Math. Phys. 274, 821–839 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-007-0263-x

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