Mean-field renormalization group for the q-state clock spin-glass model

Abstract

The mean-field renormalization group is used to study the phase diagrams of a d-dimensional q-state clock spin-glass model. We found, for q = 3 clock, the transition from paramagnet to spin glass is an isotropic spin-glass phase, but for q = 4 clock, the transition from paramagnet to spin glass is an anisotropic spin-glass phase. However, for q ⩾ 5 clock, the result of anisotropic spin-glass phase depends on the temperature and the distribution of random coupling. While the coordinate number approaches infinity, the critical temperature evaluated by the mean-field renormalization group method is equal to that by the replica method.