Abstract
We present numerical simulations of avalanches and critical phenomena associated with hysteresis loops, modeled using the zero-temperature random-field Ising model. We study the transition between smooth hysteresis loops and loops with a sharp jump in the magnetization, as the disorder in our model is decreased. In a large region near the critical point, we find scaling and critical phenomena, which are well described by the results of an expansion about six dimensions. We present the results of simulations in three, four, and five dimensions, with systems with up to a billion spins
- Received 27 July 1998
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.59.6106
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