Scaling of the linear response in simple ageing systems without disorder

Oct, 2003
14 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.E 69 (2004) 056109
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Abstract: (arXiv)
The time-dependent scaling of the thermoremanent and zero-field-cooled susceptiblities in ferromagnetic spin systems undergoing ageing after a quench to a temperature at or below criticality is studied. A recent debate on their interpretation is resolved by showing that for systems with a short-ranged equilibrium spin-spin correlator and above their roughening temperature, the field-cooled susceptibility χFC(t)χ0tA\chi_{\rm FC}(t)-\chi_0\sim t^{-A} where χ0\chi_0 is related to the equilibrium magnetization and the exponent A is related to the time-dependent scaling of the interface width between ordered domains. The same effect also dominates the scaling of the zero-field-cooled susceptibility χZFC(t,s)\chi_{\rm ZFC}(t,s), but does not enter into the thermoremanent susceptibility ρTRM(t,s)\rho_{\rm TRM}(t,s). However, there may be large finite-time corrections to the scaling of ρTRM(t,s)\rho_{\rm TRM}(t,s) which are explicitly derived and may be needed in order to extract reliable ageing exponents. Consistency with the predictions of local scale invariance is confirmed in the Glauber-Ising and spherical models.
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