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The thermo-mechanical coupling mechanism of graphene fracture under thermal gradients possesses rich applications whereas is hard to study due to its coupled non-equilibrium nature. We employ non-equilibrium molecular dynamics to study the…

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We use Monte Carlo simulations to evaluate the feasibility of detecting thermal order by disorder in real antiferromagnetic Ising pyrochlores, frustrated by a magnetic field applied in the $[110]$ direction. Building on an ideal system with…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-11-11 Pamela C. Guruciaga , Rodolfo A. Borzi

We introduce a new microcanonical dynamics for a large class of Ising systems isolated or maintained out of equilibrium by contact with thermostats at different temperatures. Such a dynamics is very general and can be used in a wide range…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-07-28 Elena Agliari , Mario Casartelli , Alessandro Vezzani

Reports of emergent conductivity, superconductivity, and magnetism at oxide interfaces have helped to fuel intense interest in their rich physics and technological potential. Here we employ magnetic force microscopy to search for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Feng Bi , Mengchen Huang , Chung-Wung Bark , Sangwoo Ryu , Chang-Beom Eom , Patrick Irvin , Jeremy Levy

We review work by the authors on thermal activation in nanoscopic magnetic systems. These systems present unique difficulties in analyzing noise-induced escape over a barrier, including the presence of nonlocal interactions, nongradient…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-11 Gabriel D. Chaves-O'Flynn , D. L. Stein

We consider the dynamics and thermodynamics of a pair of magnetic dipoles interacting via their magnetic fields. We consider only the "spin" degrees of freedom; the dipoles are fixed in space. With this restriction it is possible to provide…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-23 Heinz-Jürgen Schmidt , Christian Schröder , Eva Hägele , Marshall Luban

Recently, a new memory effect was found in the metamagnetic domain structure of the diluted Ising antiferromagnet $Fe_x Mg_{1-x} Cl_2$ by domain imaging with Faraday contrast. Essential for this effect is the dipole interaction. We simulate…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 U. Nowak , A. Hucht

We present the derivation of kinetic formulas modeling the microscopic interaction of a charged particle withing a molecular gas under effect of thermal motion. Both elastic and inelastic processes are taken in account. The results were…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-06-14 Michele Renda , Iulia Stefania Trandafir

For quicker formation of ice, before inserting inside a refrigerator, heating up of a body of water can be beneficial. We report first observation of a counterpart of this intriguing fact, referred to as the Mpemba effect (ME), during…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-10-07 Nalina Vadakkayil , Subir K. Das

The propagation of damage in a confined magnetic Ising film, with short range competing magnetic fields ($h$) acting at opposite walls, is studied by means of Monte Carlo simulations. Due to the presence of the fields, the film undergoes a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Leticia Rubio Puzzo , Ezequiel V. Albano

We have studied the magnetic relaxation behavior of a two-dimensional Ising ferromagnet by Monte Carlo simulation. Our primary goal is to investigate the effects of the system's geometry (area preserving) , boundary conditions, and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-11-21 Ishita Tikader , Olivia Mallick , Muktish Acharyya

We numerically examine thermal effects on the skyrmion Hall angle for driven skyrmions interacting with quenched disorder. We identify a creep regime in which motion occurs via intermittent jumps between pinned and flowing states. Here the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-13 C. Reichhardt , C. J. O. Reichhardt

The unusual thermodynamic properties of the Ising antiferromagnet supplemented with a ferromagnetic, mean-field term are outlined. This simple model is inspired by more realistic models of spin-crossover materials. The phase diagram is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-12-23 Gregory Brown , Per Arne Rikvold , Seiji Miyashita

We consider the behavior of an Ising ferromagnet obeying the Glauber dynamics under the influence of a fast switching, random external field. Analytic results for the stationary state are presented in mean-field approximation, exhibiting a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-30 J. Hausmann , P. Rujan

Magnetic skyrmions are promising candidates for future information storing and processing devices. There are different routes for stabilizing the skyrmions. Understanding the interplay mechanism between different scenarios of skyrmion…

We report and analyze low-temperature measurements of the conductance of partially disordered reduced graphene oxide, finding that the data follow a simple crossover scenario. At room temperature, conductance is dominated by two-dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-10-24 C. Y. Cheah , C. Gómez-Navarro , L. C. Jaurigue , A. B. Kaiser

Ensembles of magnetic skyrmions in confined geometries are shown to exhibit thermally driven motion on two different time scales. The intrinsic fluctuating dynamics ($t\sim 1~$ps) is governed by short-range symmetric and antisymmetric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-13 Alexander F. Schäffer , Levente Rózsa , Jamal Berakdar , Elena Y. Vedmedenko , Roland Wiesendanger

In this paper we present and discuss results of Monte Carlo numerical simulations of the two-dimensional Ising ferromagnet in contact with a heat bath that intrinsically has a thermal gradient. The extremes of the magnet are at temperatures…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-11 Juan Muglia , Ezequiel V. Albano

We consider an Ising model on a square grid with ferromagnetic spin-spin interactions spanning beyond nearest neighbors. Starting from initial states with a single unbounded interface separating ordered phases, we investigate the evolution…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-06-25 P. L. Krapivsky , Jason Olejarz

We analyze the depinning transition of a driven interface in the 3d random-field Ising model (RFIM) with quenched disorder by means of Monte Carlo simulations. The interface initially built into the system is perpendicular to the…

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