Experiments on the random field Ising model
Abstract
New advances in experiments on the random-field Ising model, as realized in dilute antiferromagnets, have brought us much closer to a full characterization of the static and dynamic critical behavior of the unusual phase transition in three dimensions (d=3). The most important experiments that have laid the ground work for our present understanding are reviewed. Comparisons of the data with Monte Carlo simulations of the d=3 critical behavior are made. We review the current experimental understanding of the destroyed d=2 transition and the experiments exploring the d=2 metastability at low T. Connections to theories most relevant to the interpretations of all the experiments are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9706042,
title = {Experiments on the random field Ising model},
author = {D. P. Belanger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9706042},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
25 pages, 5 figures, LaTeX, to be published in World Scientific "Spin Glasses and Random Fields", ed. A. P. Young