Dynamical and stationary critical behavior of the Ising ferromagnet in a thermal gradient

In this paper we present and discuss results of Monte Carlo numerical simulations of the two-dimensional Ising ferromagnet in contact with a heat bath that intrinsically has a thermal gradient. The extremes of the magnet are at temperatures T₁ < T<sub>c</sub> < T₂, where T c is the...

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Autores principales: Muglia, Juan, Albano, Ezequiel Vicente
Formato: Articulo Preprint
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Publicado: 2012
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topic Ciencias Exactas
Física
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
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Física
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Muglia, Juan
Albano, Ezequiel Vicente
Dynamical and stationary critical behavior of the Ising ferromagnet in a thermal gradient
topic_facet Ciencias Exactas
Física
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
description In this paper we present and discuss results of Monte Carlo numerical simulations of the two-dimensional Ising ferromagnet in contact with a heat bath that intrinsically has a thermal gradient. The extremes of the magnet are at temperatures T₁ < T<sub>c</sub> < T₂, where T c is the Onsager critical temperature. In this way one can observe a phase transition between an ordered phase (T < T<sub>c</sub>) and a disordered one (T > T<sub>c</sub>) by means of a single simulation. By starting the simulations with fully disordered initial configurations with magnetization m ≡ 0 corresponding to T = ∞, which are then suddenly annealed to a preset thermal gradient, we study the short-time critical dynamic behavior of the system. Also, by setting a small initial magnetization m = mₒ, we study the critical initial increase of the order parameter. Furthermore, by starting the simulations from fully ordered configurations, which correspond to the ground state at T = 0 and are subsequently quenched to a preset gradient, we study the critical relaxation dynamics of the system. Additionally, we perform stationary measurements (t → ∞) that are discussed in terms of the standard finite-size scaling theory. We conclude that our numerical simulation results of the Ising magnet in a thermal gradient, which are rationalized in terms of both dynamic and standard scaling arguments, are fully consistent with well established results obtained under equilibrium conditions.
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author Muglia, Juan
Albano, Ezequiel Vicente
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Albano, Ezequiel Vicente
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title Dynamical and stationary critical behavior of the Ising ferromagnet in a thermal gradient
title_short Dynamical and stationary critical behavior of the Ising ferromagnet in a thermal gradient
title_full Dynamical and stationary critical behavior of the Ising ferromagnet in a thermal gradient
title_fullStr Dynamical and stationary critical behavior of the Ising ferromagnet in a thermal gradient
title_full_unstemmed Dynamical and stationary critical behavior of the Ising ferromagnet in a thermal gradient
title_sort dynamical and stationary critical behavior of the ising ferromagnet in a thermal gradient
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