HYSTERESIS AND HIERARCHIES - DYNAMICS OF DISORDER-DRIVEN 1ST-ORDER PHASE-TRANSFORMATIONS

被引:593
作者
SETHNA, JP
DAHMEN, K
KARTHA, S
KRUMHANSL, JA
ROBERTS, BW
SHORE, JD
机构
[1] Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3347
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We use the zero-temperature random-field Ising model to study hysteretic behavior at first-order phase transitions. Sweeping the external field through zero, the model exhibits hysteresis, the return-point memory effect, and avalanche fluctuations. There is a critical value of disorder at which a jump in the magnetization (corresponding to an infinite avalanche) first occurs. We study the universal behavior at this critical point using mean-field theory, and also present results of numerical simulations in three dimensions.
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页码:3347 / 3350
页数:4
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