IFEG   20353
INSTITUTO DE FISICA ENRIQUE GAVIOLA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Exponential equilibration by slow cooling in the planar random-anisotropy magnet:
Autor/es:
D. TAYLOR; O. BILLONI; S. CANNAS; F. TAMARIT
Revista:
PHYSICAL REVIEW B - CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS
Editorial:
American Physical Society
Referencias:
Año: 2008 vol. 78 p. 64405 - 64405
ISSN:
0163-1829
Resumen:
Neutron measurements of the equilibration of the staggered magnetization in DyAs0.35V0.65O4 are compared with Monte Carlo simulations of spin dynamics in a planar random-anisotropy magnet. The simulation results are in agreement with striking observed relaxation phenomena: when cooled rapidly to a low temperature, no magnetic ordering is observed; however when cooled in small steps an ordered magnetic moment appears, which is found to equilibrate exponentially with time at temperatures through and below the transition temperature. In contrast to the freezing of spins in other random systems, the time scale of the relaxation in this system does not increase significantly even at the lowest temperatures.