TRANSITION TO LONG-RANGE ORDER IN THE 3-DIMENSIONAL RANDOM-FIELD ISING-MODEL

被引:52
作者
HILL, JP
THURSTON, TR
ERWIN, RW
RAMSTAD, MJ
BIRGENEAU, RJ
机构
[1] SANDIA NATL LABS,ALBUQUERQUE,NM 87185
[2] NATL INST STAND & TECHNOL,GAITHERSBURG,MD 20899
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.3281
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We report both synchrotron-x-ray and neutron-diffraction studies of the magnetic ordering in a crystal of Mn0.75Zn0.25F2 in a magnetic field. The neutron experiments reproduce previous results showing the establishment of a short-range domain state on cooling in a field. Remarkably, the magnetic x-ray scattering shows that within a few microns of the surface there is a second-order transition to true long-range order on field cooling. Implications of these results are discussed.
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页码:3281 / 3284
页数:4
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