Eur. Phys. J. B 41, 87-96 (2004)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2004-00298-2

Memory effects in classical and quantum mean-field disordered models

¹ Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'École Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
² Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Énergies, Jussieu, 1er étage, Tour 16, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
³ Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón I, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Corresponding author: ^a homero@df.uba.ar

Received: 14 April 2004
Published online: 30 September 2004

Abstract

We apply the Kovacs experimental protocol to classical and quantum p-spin models. We show that these models have memory effects as those observed experimentally in super-cooled polymer melts. We discuss our results in connection to other classical models that capture memory effects. We propose that a similar protocol applied to quantum glassy systems might be useful to understand their dynamics.