Title
Multicritical behavior of two coupled Ising models in the presence of a random field
Date Issued
04 June 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Nobre F.D.
Universidad Federal de Amazonas
Publisher(s)
American Physical Society
Abstract
A system defined by two coupled Ising models, with a bimodal random field acting in one of them, is investigated. The interactions among variables of each Ising system are infinite ranged, a limit where mean field becomes exact. This model is studied at zero temperature, as well as for finite temperatures, representing physical situations which are appropriate for describing real systems, such as plastic crystals. A very rich critical behavior is found, depending directly on the particular choices of the temperature, couplings, and random-field strengths. Phase diagrams exhibiting ordered, partially ordered, and disordered phases are analyzed, showing the sequence of transitions through all these phases, similarly to what occurs in plastic crystals. Due to the wide variety of critical phenomena presented by the model, its usefulness for describing critical behavior in other substances is also expected. © 2014 American Physical Society.
Volume
89
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84902529299
PubMed ID
Source
Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
ISSN of the container
15393755
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