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Edge critical behavior at the surface transition of Ising magnets

Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

Using Monte Carlo techniques, Ising models with ferromagnetic nearest-neighbor interactions on a simple cubic lattice are studied. At the surface transition, the critical exponent β2\beta_2 of the edge magnetization is found to be non-universal, depending on the edge and edge-surface couplings, in contrast to the situation at the ordinary transition. Results are compared to those for two-dimensional Ising magnets with chain and ladder defects.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9806175,
  title  = {Edge critical behavior at the surface transition of Ising magnets},
  author = {M. Pleimling and W. Selke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9806175},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

7 pages, 8 figures included, psfig.sty needed, submitted to Phys. Rev. B