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Anomalous Ising freezing times

Statistical Mechanics 2020-10-26 v3

Abstract

We measure the relaxation time of a square lattice Ising ferromagnet that is quenched to zero-temperature from supercritical initial conditions. We reveal an anomalous and seemingly overlooked timescale associated with the relaxation to "frozen" two-stripe states. While close to a power law of the form Lν\sim L^{\nu} , we argue this timescale actually grows as L2lnL\sim L^{2}\ln L, with L the linear dimension of the system. We uncover the mechanism behind this scaling form by using a synthetic initial condition that replicates the late time ordering of two-stripe states, and subsequently explain it heuristically.

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@article{arxiv.2001.11774,
  title  = {Anomalous Ising freezing times},
  author = {James Denholm and Ben Hourahine},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.11774},
  year   = {2020}
}
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