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Spin-reorientation critical dynamics in the two-dimensional XY model with a domain wall

Statistical Mechanics 2019-08-27 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

In recent years, static and dynamic properties of non-180180^\circ domain walls in magnetic materials have attracted a great deal of interest. In this paper, spin-reorientation critical dynamics in the two-dimensional XY model is investigated with Monte Carlo simulations and theoretical analyses based on the Langevin equation. At the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition, dynamic scaling behaviors of the magnetization and the two-time correlation function are carefully analyzed, and critical exponents are accurately determined. When the initial value of the angle between adjacent domains is slightly lower than π\pi, a critical exponent is introduced to characterize the abnormal power-law increase of the magnetization in the horizontal direction inside the domain interface, which is measured to be ψ=0.0568(8)\psi=0.0568(8). Besides, the relation ψ=η/2z\psi=\eta/2z is analytically deduced from the Langevin dynamics in the long-wavelength approximation, well consistent with numerical results.

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@article{arxiv.1908.09247,
  title  = {Spin-reorientation critical dynamics in the two-dimensional XY model with a domain wall},
  author = {X. W. Lei and N. J. Zhou and Y. Y. He and B. Zheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.09247},
  year   = {2019}
}

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11 pages, 5 figures

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