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Dynamics of the diluted Ising antiferromagnet Fe0.31Zn0.69F2

Condensed Matter 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The diluted Ising antiferromagnet, Fe_{0.31}Zn_{0.69}F_{2}, has been investigated by dynamic susceptibility measurements in zero and and finite applied dc-fields. In zero field, there is a para- to antiferromagnetic phase transition at TN20.0KT_{N} \approx {20.0 K}, followed by a dramatic slowing down of the dynamics at low temperatures. The latter described by a pure Arrhenius law. The effect of a superposed dc-field on the antiferromagnetic phase transition and on the low-temperature dynamics is investigated, and a comprehensive static and dynamic phase diagram in the H-T plane is derived. In agreement with earlier results on the same system, TN(H)T_{N}(H) follows a random-exchange Ising model to random-field Ising model crossover scaling for fields H1.5TH \leq 1.5 T. A random-field induced glassy dynamics appears for higher values of H, where the antiferromagnetic phase transition is destroyed. The low-temperature dynamics shows striking similarities with the behavior observed in reentrant antiferromagnets.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9905384,
  title  = {Dynamics of the diluted Ising antiferromagnet Fe0.31Zn0.69F2},
  author = {K. Jonason and P. Nordblad and F. C. Montenegro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9905384},
  year   = {2007}
}