Long-term ordering kinetics of the two-dimensional q-state Potts model.
Long-term ordering kinetics of the two-dimensional q-state Potts model.
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二维 q 态 Potts 模型的长期有序动力学。
DOI:
10.1103/physreve.76.031108
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发表时间:
2007
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S. Cannas
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作者:
Ezequiel Ferrero;S. Cannas
We studied the nonequilibrium dynamics of the q-state Potts model in the square lattice, after a quench to subcritical temperatures. By means of a continuous time Monte Carlo algorithm (nonconserved order parameter dynamics) we analyzed the long term behavior of the energy and relaxation time for a wide range of quench temperatures and system sizes. For q>4 we found the existence of different dynamical regimes, according to quench temperature range. At low (but finite) temperatures and very long times the Lifshitz-Allen-Cahn domain growth behavior is interrupted with finite probability when the system gets stuck in highly symmetric nonequilibrium metastable states, which induce activation in the domain growth, in agreement with early predictions of Lifshitz [JETP 42, 1354 (1962)]. Moreover, if the temperature is very low, the system always gets stuck at short times in highly disordered metastable states with finite lifetime, which have been recently identified as glassy states. The finite size scaling properties of the different relaxation times involved, as well as their temperature dependency, are analyzed in detail.