Gauge theory for mixed $p$-spin glasses

Abstract

Physical quantities in the mixed $p$-spin glasses are evaluated with Nishimori's gauge theory and several variance inequalities. The $\mathbb Z_2$-symmetry breaking and the replica-symmetry breaking are studied in finite and infinite dimensions. Obtained bounds on the expectation of the square of the magnetization and spontaneous magnetization enable us to clarify properties of paramagnetic and spin glass phases. It is proven that variances of ferromagnetic and spin glass order parameters vanish on the Nishimori line in the infinite volume limit. These results imply the self-averaging of these order parameters on the Nishimori line. The self-averaging of the spin glass order parameter rigorously justifies already argued absence of replica-symmetry breaking on the Nishimori line.