Scaling behavior of Ising systems at first-order transitions

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/AB16C7MaRDI QIDQ3303360zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Pierpaolo Fontana

Publication date 11 August 2020

Published in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.01513

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Finite difference methods applied to problems in statistical mechanics (82M20)

Abstract: We investigate how the scaling behavior of finite systems at magnetic first-order transitions (FOTs) with relaxational dynamics changes in correspondence of various boundary conditions. As a theoretical laboratory we consider the two-dimensional Ising model in the low-temperature phase. When the boundary conditions do not favor any specific phase of the system, we show that a dynamic finite-size scaling (DFSS) theory can be developed to describe the dynamic behavior in the coexistence region, where different phases coexist. When the boundary conditions at two opposite sides of the system generate a planar interface separating the phases, we show that the autocorrelation times are characterized by a power-law behavior, related to the dynamics enforced by the interface. Numerical results for a purely relaxational dynamics confirm the general picture.

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