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Metastability and finite-size effects in magnetization switching
Per Arne Rikvold Department of Physics and MARTECH
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Supported by NSF and FSU
http://www.physics.fsu.edu/users/rikvold/info/rikvold.htm
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What is a metastable phase?
1. The free energy is not fully minimized2. Only one thermodynamic phase is present3. Equilibrium thermodynamics holds for
weak and slow disturbances4. The average lifetime is very long5. Escape is irreversible: return to the
metastable phase is extremely improbable
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The first observation: D.G. Fahrenheit, Proc. Roy. Soc. London 33, 78 (1724)
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Ising models have phase transition:Below critical temperature Tc , m takes nonzero
spontaneous value, +/- ms (T), for H=0
Below Tc : First-order phase transition with coexistence at H=0
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(Monte Carlo Simulation)
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Mean-Field PictureThe system is completely uniformThe free-energy density depends only on m and H:
f = U(m) – HmA sharp spinodal field, Hs exists
m
f
H=0
H=HsH<Hs
H>Hs
Spinodal field, Hs
T
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Most real systems are not uniform!
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Some contributors to nucleation theory• J.D. van der Waals (1873)• J.C. Maxwell (1875)• J.W. Gibbs (1876, 1878)• M. Volmer and A. Weber (1926)• R. Becker and W. Doering (1935)• J.B. Zeldovich (1943)• I. Frenkel (1939)• J.S. Langer (1967, 1968, 1969)
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(Langer)
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Systems with long-range interactions
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Example 1: Spin-crossover (SC) materials with elastic
interactions• In SC materials the low-
spin (LS) and high-spin (HS) molecules have different radii, RHS > RLS , and degeneracies, g = gH /gL > 1
• The local free energy can be expressed by effective Hamiltonian with σi = −1 (+1) for LS (HS)
Local molecular energy
−kB Tlng
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Elastic interactions
• The different molecular volumes lead to elastic interactions:
with direct nearest-neighbor
and next-nearest neighbor interactions
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Distortion due to the size-difference
LS
HS
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Order parameter• The order parameter is the fraction of HS
molecules,
• For convenience we transform this to the “magnetization”
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• Choose molecule n randomly• Propose new state with prob g/(1+g) for HS and 1/(1+g) for LS• Propose new candidate position rn
• Update state and position:
• Repeat N times• Choose candidate system size V• Update V with P
NPT ensemble MC simulation
⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛−−+−=Δ
Δ−=→
→
i
kikik
ik
ki
VVTNkVVpUUW
WPP
ln)()(
)exp(
B
β 1
2 3
R1V2
V1 R2
Y. Konishi, H. Tokoro, M. Nishino, and S. Miyashita, PRL 100, 067206 (2008)
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Order parameter vs T
HS
LS
Effective field:
M
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Dynamics under light irradiation• Light irradiation will pump molecules into the
HS state. Thus the light intensity acts as an effective field H in our model.
H = 0.001, 0.002, 0.003, 0.004, 0.005
H
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Ramified, growing HS cluster
Snapshot at t = 6000 for H = 0.004
H = 0.004 > Hspinodal
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Transition time vs L and Hτ (L,H)
L2/3 = N1/3
H = 0.00400
H = 0.00385
H = 0.00386
H = 0.00365
H = 0.00384
for H < Hspinodal
for H = Hspinodal
for H > Hspinodal
LS metastable
LS unstable
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Finite-size scaling for τ• The scaling relations in different regimes,
– τ ∝
exp(cN) for H < Hsp (LS metastable)– τ ∝
N1/3 for H = Hsp (spinodal point)
– τ ∝
N0 (H−Hsp )−1/2 for H > Hsp (LS unstable)combine into scaling form
τ ∝
N1/3 f(N2/3(H−Hsp ))where f depends on x = N2/3(H−Hsp ) as
R. Kubo, K. Matsuo, K. Kitahara, J. Stat. Phys. 9,51 (1973).
K. Binder, Phys. Rev. B 8, 3423 (1973)
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Scaling functions (d=2)
f = ln (τ L-2/3)
x3/2 = L2|Η−Ηsp |3/2
LS unstable
LS metastable
x = L4/3(Η − Ηsp )
LS unstable
LS metastable
S. Miyashita, P. A. Rikvold, T. Mori, Y. Konishi, M. Nishino, and H. Tokoro submitted to PRL, arXiv:0905.1161
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Example 2: Husimi-Temperley model• Weak, infinitely long-range
(equivalent-neighbor) model:
x = N2/3(Η − Ηsp ) x = N2/3(Η − Ηsp )
Asympt. ME sol’ns
Metastable Unstable Metastable Unstable
MC
σ τ/h
τi
T. Mori, S. Miyashita, and P. A. Rikvold submitted to PRE, arXiv:0905:0089
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Systems with short-range interactions
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(Kolmogorov, Johnson-Mehl, Avrami, 1939-42)
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KJMA magnetization
m(t) vs t T = 0.8Tc , H = 0.3J , L = 256
R. A. Ramos, P. A. Rikvold, and M. A. Novotny. Phys. Rev. B 59, 9053-9069 (1999)
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Metastable phase diagramP. A. Rikvold, H. Tomita, S. Miyashita, S. W. Sides, Phys. Rev. E 49, 5080-5090 (1994)
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Lifetime vs H-(dimension – 1)
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Really long times
Projected dynamics simulation
d = 3V = 163
T = 0.6Tc
100
1020
1040
1060
M. Kolesik, M. A. Novotny, and P. A. Rikvold. Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 14, 121-132 (2003)
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Points to remember• Metastability common in wide variety of physical
and chemical systems: diamonds, magnets, ferroelectrics, supercooled and supersaturated fluids, quark-gluon plasma, …
• “Toy models” enable us to study various decay mechanisms
• The interplay of nucleation and growth essential• Only mean-field and long-range force systems
have sharp spinodal• Short-range force systems have size-dependent
“spinodals”
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Remaining lectures:
2. Dynamics of magnetization switching in models of magnetic nanoparticles and ultrathin films
3. Hysteresis and dynamic phase transition in kinetic Ising models and ultrathin magnetic films
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The ice storm of 1998. Ottawa
Photo: Michael J. Thompson http://www.playground.net/~thompson/