Finitely connected vector spin systems with random matrix interactions

Abstract

We use finite connectivity equilibrium replica theory to solve models of finitely connected unit-length vectorial spins, with random pair-interactions which are of the orthogonal matrix type. Since the spins are continuous and the connectivity c remains finite in the thermodynamic limit, the replica-symmetric order parameter is a functional. The general theory is developed for arbitrary values of the dimension d of the spins, and arbitrary choices of the ensemble of random orthogonal matrices. We calculate phase diagrams and the values of moments of the order parameter explicitly for d=2 (finitely connected XY spins with random chiral interactions) and for d=3 (finitely connected classical Heisenberg spins with random chiral interactions). Numerical simulations are shown to support our predictions quite satisfactorily.