Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2003-08-25
J.Phys. A37 (2004) 7407-7432
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
26 pages, 2 Postscript figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/0305-4470/37/30/002
We introduce a general class of statistical-mechanics models, taking values in an abelian group, which includes examples of both spin and gauge models, both ordered and disordered. The model is described by a set of ``variables'' and a set of ``interactions''. A Gibbs factor is associated to each variable and to each interaction. We introduce a duality transformation for systems in this class. The duality exchanges the abelian group with its dual, the Gibbs factors with their Fourier transforms, and the interactions with the variables. High (low) couplings in the interaction terms are mapped into low (high) couplings in the one-body terms. The idea is that our class of systems extends the one for which the classical procedure 'a la Kramers and Wannier holds, up to include randomness into the pattern of interaction. We introduce and study some physical examples: a random Gaussian Model, a random Potts-like model, and a random variant of discrete scalar QED. We shortly describe the consequence of duality for each example.
Caracciolo Sergio
Sportiello Andrea
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