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Spin glasses

Schematic representation of the random spin structure of a spin glass (top) and the ordered one of a ferromagnet (bottom)Glass (amorphous SiO2)Quartz (crystalline SiO2)The magnetic disorder of spin glass compared to a ferromagnet is analogous to the positional disorder of glass (left) compared to quartz (right).In condensed matter physics, a spin glass is a magnetic state characterized by randomness, despite cooperative behavior in freezing of spins at a temperature called the "freezing temperature," Tf.

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