Learning to find order in disorder


Abstract in English

We introduce the use of neural networks as classifiers on classical disordered systems with no spatial ordering. In this study, we implement a convolutional neural network trained to identify the spin-glass state in the three-dimensional Edwards-Anderson Ising spin-glass model from an input of Monte Carlo sampled configurations at a given temperature. The neural network is designed to be flexible with the input size and can accurately perform inference over a small sample of the instances in the test set. Using the neural network to classify instances of the three-dimensional Edwards-Anderson Ising spin-glass in a (random) field we show that the inferred phase boundary is consistent with the absence of an Almeida-Thouless line.

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