Exact ground states of one-dimensional long-range random-field Ising magnets

Abstract: We investigate the one-dimensional long-range random-field Ising magnet with Gaussian distribution of the random fields. In this model, a ferromagnetic bond between two spins is placed with a probability $p \sim r^{-1-\sigma}$, where $r$ is the distance between these spins and $\sigma$ is a parameter to control the effective dimension of the model. Exact ground states at zero temperature are calculated for system sizes up to $L = 2^{19}$ via graph theoretical algorithms for four different values of $\sigma \in {0.25,0.4,0.5,1.0}$ while varying the strength $h$ of the random fields. For each of these values several independent physical observables are calculated, i.e., magnetization, Binder parameter, susceptibility and a specific-heat-like quantity. The ferromagnet-paramagnet transitions at critical values $h_c(\sigma)$ as well as the corresponding critical exponents are obtained. The results agree well with theory and interestingly we find for $\sigma = 1/2$ the data is compatible with a critical random-field strength $h_c > 0$.