Spin glasses and roughening transition

G. Toulouse , J. Vannimenus , J.M. Maillard

We suggest the existence of a connection between two hitherto unrelated problems : the roughening transition, studied in crystal growth theory, and the spin glass transition, which occurs in disordered magnets.

Mots clés: crystal growth; Ising model; magnetic transitions; spin glasses; roughening transition; crystal growth theory; spin glass transition; disordered magnets; Ising magnet

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G. Toulouse, J. Vannimenus, J.M. Maillard. Spin glasses and roughening transition. Journal de Physique Lettres, 1977, 38 (22), pp.459-461. ⟨10.1051/jphyslet:019770038022045900⟩. ⟨jpa-00231420⟩