https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050066
How to evaluate ground-state landscapes of spin glasses thermodynamical correctly
Institut für theoretische Physik, Bunsenstr. 9, 37073 Göttingen,
Germany
Received:
17
June
1999
Published online: 19 October 2012
Ground states of three-dimensional 
Ising spin glasses are calculated
for sizes up to 143 using a combination
of a genetic algorithm and cluster-exact
approximation. For each realization several independent ground states
are obtained. Then, by applying ballistic search and T=0
Monte-Carlo simulations, it is ensured that each ground state appears
with the same probability. Consequently, the results represent the true
T=0 thermodynamic behavior. The distribution P(|q|) of overlaps is
evaluated.
For increasing size the width of P(|q|) and the fraction of the
distribution below 
converge to zero. This
indicates that for the infinite system P(|q|) is a delta function,
in contrast to previous results.
Thus, the ground-state behavior is dominated by few large clusters of
similar ground states.
PACS: 75.10.Nr – Spin-glass and other random models / 75.40.Mg – Numerical simulation studies / 02.10.Jf – General mathematical systems
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2000
