Replica method

The Helmholtz energy function of fluid in a matrix of configuration $\{q^{N_{0}}\}$ in the Canonical ($NVT$) ensemble is given by:

$-\beta A_{1}(q^{N_{0}})=\log Z_{1}(q^{N_{0}})=\log \left({\frac {1}{N_{1}!}}\int \exp[-\beta (H_{01}(r^{N_{1}},q^{N_{0}})+H_{11}(r^{N_{1}},q^{N_{0}}))]~d\{r\}^{N_{1}}\right)$

where $Z_{1}(q^{N_{0}})$ is the fluid partition function, and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle H_{00}} is the Hamiltonian of the matrix. Taking an average over matrix configurations gives

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle - \beta \overline{A}_1 = \frac{1}{N_0!Z_0} \int \exp [-\beta_0 H_{00} ( q^{N_0})] ~ \log Z_1 (q^{N_0}) ~d \{ q \}^{N_0}}

(Ref.s 1 and 2) An important mathematical trick to get rid of the logarithm inside of the integral is

$\log x=\lim _{s\rightarrow 0}{\frac {\rm {d}}{{\rm {d}}s}}x^{s}$

one arrives at

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \beta H^{\rm rep} (r^{N_1}, q^{N_0}) = \frac{\beta_0}{\beta}H_{00} (q^{N_0}) + \sum_{\lambda=1}^s \left( H_{01}^\lambda (r^{N_1}, q^{N_0}) + H_{11}^\lambda (r^{N_1}, q^{N_0})\right)}

The Hamiltonian written in this form describes a completely equilibrated system of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle s+1} components; the matrix and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle s} identical non-interacting copies (replicas) of the fluid. Thus the relation between the Helmholtz energy function of the non-equilibrium partially frozen and the replica (equilibrium) system is given by

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle - \beta \overline{A}_1 = \lim_{s \rightarrow 0} \frac{{\rm d}}{{\rm d}s} [- \beta A^{\rm rep} (s) ] } .

References

1. S F Edwards and P W Anderson "Theory of spin glasses",Journal of Physics F: Metal Physics 5 pp. 965-974 (1975)
2. S F Edwards and R C Jones "The eigenvalue spectrum of a large symmetric random matrix", Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 9 pp. 1595-1603 (1976)