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Numerical study of metastable states in the T=0 RFIM

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2007-10-08 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We study numerically the number of single-spin-flip stable states in the T=0 Random Field Ising Model (RFIM) on random regular graphs of connectivity z=2z=2 and z=4z=4 and on the cubic lattice. The annealed and quenched complexities (i.e. the entropy densities) of the metastable states with given magnetization are calculated as a function of the external magnetic field. The results show that the appearance of a (disorder-induced) out-of-equilibrium phase transition in the magnetization hysteresis loop at low disorder can be ascribed to a change in the distribution of the metastable states in the field-magnetization plane.

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@article{arxiv.0710.1170,
  title  = {Numerical study of metastable states in the T=0 RFIM},
  author = {F. J. Perez-Reche and M. L. Rosinberg and G. Tarjus},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.1170},
  year   = {2007}
}

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15 pages, 19 figures