Effects of random fields in an antiferromagnetic Ising spin glass
The effects of random fields on the two-sublattice infinite-ranged Ising spin-glass model are investigated. This model is expected to be appropriate as a mean-field description of antiferromagnetic spin glasses such as FexMn1-xTiO3. Within replica-symmetric calculations, we study the influence of Gaussian and bimodal random fields on the phase transitions and phase diagrams. It is shown that, in the presence of random fields, the first-order transitions are weakened and may become continuous. Also, the antiferromagnetic phases are always destroyed by sufficiently strong random fields. A qualitative comparison with existing experimental results and the limitations of the present calculations are discussed.
Vieira
SR
Departamento de Fisica Teorica e Experimental, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Nobre
FD
Yokoi
CS