ISSN:
1572-9613
Keywords:
Domain wall
;
ferromagnetic order
;
random field
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The existence of a spontaneous magnetization in the three-dimensional Ising model in a weak random magnetic field (RFIM) is investgated. Following Imry and Ma, we consider the energy change, ΔEγ, from the fully aligned ferromagnetic state caused by flipping all the spins inside a connected surface, γ. It is proved rigorously that with high probability, ΔEγ is positive forall γ enclosing the origin. Under the unproven assumption that the expectation value of the spin at one site is weakly correlated with the random fields at far away sites (which is true if surfaces within surfaces can be ignored) it follows that the three-dimensional RFIM has a spontaneous magnetization at low temperatures. The proof works for all dimensions greater than two, providing support for the conjecture that two is the lower critical dimension.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01009445
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