Domain growth within the backbone of the three-dimensional±JEdwards-Anderson spin glass

Abstract

The goal of this work is to show that a ferromagneticlike domain-growth process takes place within the backbone of the three-dimensional $\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}J$ Edwards-Anderson (EA) spin glass model. To sustain this affirmation we study the heterogeneities displayed in the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of the model. We show that both correlation function and mean flipping time distribution present features that have a direct relation with spatial heterogeneities, and that they can be characterized by the backbone structure. In order to gain intuition we analyze the pure ferromagnetic Ising model, where we show the presence of dynamical heterogeneities in the mean flipping time distribution that are directly associated to ferromagnetic growing domains. We extend a method devised to detect domain walls in the Ising model to carry out a similar analysis in the three-dimensional EA spin-glass model. This allows us to show that there exists a domain-growth process within the backbone of this model.