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Monte Carlo study of the spin-glass phase of the site-diluted dipolar Ising model
By tempered Monte Carlo simulations, we study site-diluted Ising systems of
magnetic dipoles. All dipoles are randomly placed on a fraction x of all L^3
sites of a simple cubic lattice, and point along a given crystalline axis. For
x_c< x<=1, where x_c = 0.65, we find an antiferromagnetic phase below a
temperature which vanishes as x tends to x_c from above. At lower values of x,
we find an equilibrium spin-glass (SG) phase below a temperature given by k_B
T_{sg} = x e_d, where e_d is a nearest neighbor dipole-dipole interaction
energy. We study (a) the relative mean square deviation D_q^2 of |q|, where q
is the SG overlap parameter, and (b) xi_L/L, where xi_L is a correlation
length. From their variation with temperature and system size, we determine
T_{sg}. In the SG phase, we find (i) the mean values and decrease
algebraically with L as L increases, (ii) double peaked, but wide,
distributions of q/ appear to be independent of L, and (iii) xi_L/L rises
with L at constant T, but extrapolations to 1/L -> 0 give finite values. All of
this is consistent with quasi-long-range order in the SG phase.Comment: 15 LaTeX pages, 15 figures, 3 tables. (typos fixed in Appendix A
Reply to Comment on "Magnetization Process of Single Molecule Magnets at Low Temperatures"
This is the reply to a Comment by I.S.Tupitsyn and P.C.E. Stamp (PRL
v92,119701 (2004)) on a letter of ours (J.F.Fernandez and J.J.Alonso, PRL v91,
047202 (2003)).Comment: 2 LaTeX pages, 1 eps figure. Submitted to PRL on 20 October 200
Time relaxation of interacting single--molecule magnets
We study the relaxation of interacting single--molecule magnets (SMMs) in
both spatially ordered and disordered systems. The tunneling window is assumed
to be, as in Fe8, much narrower than the dipolar field spread. We show that
relaxation in disordered systems differs qualitatively from relaxation in fully
occupied cubic and Fe_8 lattices. We also study how line shapes that develop in
''hole--digging'' experiments evolve with time t in these fully occupied
lattices. We show (1) that the dipolar field h scales as t^p in these hole line
shapes and show (2) how p varies with lattice structure. Line shapes are not,
in general, Lorentzian. More specifically, in the lower portion of the hole,
they behave as (h/t^p)^{(1/p)-1} if h is outside the tunnel window. This is in
agreement with experiment and with our own Monte Carlo results.Comment: 21 LaTeX pages, 6 eps figures. Submitted to PRB on 15 June 2005.
Accepted on 13 August 200
Continuous spin reorientation in antiferromagnetic films
We study anisotropic antiferromagnetic one-layer films with dipolar and
nearest-neighbor exchange interactions. We obtain a unified phase diagram as a
function of effective uniaxial D_e and quadrupolar C anisotropy constants. We
study in some detail how spins reorient continuously below a temperature T_s as
T and D_e vary.Comment: 3 LaTeX pages, 3 eps figures. Submitted to JMMM on 25 May 2006.
Accepted on 21 July 200
Magnetization Process of Single Molecule Magnets at Low Temperatures
We show that correlations established before quenching to very low
temperatures, later drive the magnetization process of systems of single
molecule magnets, after a magnetic field is applied at t=0. We also show that
in SC lattices, m \propto sqrt(t), as observed in Fe_8, but only for
1+2*log_10(h_d/h_w) time decades, where h_d is a nearest neighbor dipolar
magnetic field and a spin reversal can occur only if the field on it is within
(-h_w,h_w). However, the sqrt(t) behavior is not universal. For BCC and FCC
lattices, m \propto t^p, but p \simeq 0.7. The value to which m finally levels
off is also given.Comment: 5 LaTeX pages, 2 figures. Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. on 26 January
2003, accepted on 24 July 200
Phases of anisotropic dipolar antiferromagnets
We study systems of classical magnetic dipoles on simple cubic lattices with
dipolar and antiferromagnetic exchange interactions. By analysis and Monte
Carlo (MC) simulations, we find how the antiferromagnetic phases vary with
uniaxial and fourfold anisotropy constants, C and D, as well as with exchange
strength J. We pay special attention to the spin reorientation (SR) phase, and
exhibit in detail the nature of its broken symmetries. By mean field theory and
by MC, we also obtain the ratio of the higher ordering temperature to the SR
transition temperature, and show that it depends mainly on D/C, and rather
weakly on J. We find a reverse SR transition.Comment: 10 LaTeX pages, 14 eps figures. Submitted to PRB on 03 October 2005.
Accepted on 13 December 200
Seguimiento de la evolución de los niveles de salinidad y nitratos en el acuÃfero superficial de Zafarraya y en fincas de hortÃcolas al aire libre
La horticultura al aire libre del Llano de Zafarraya es el motor económico de la
comarca. El riego de este sector se sustenta en el sistema acuÃfero del Polje de Zafarraya y
Sierra Gorda. En estos acuÃferos, como consecuencia de la explotación agrÃcola de la zona,
se viene produciendo desde hace décadas sobreexplotación del recurso, con la consiguiente
salinización y nitrificación. Los objetivos de este trabajo han sido estudiar los niveles de
salinidad y nitratos de las aguas del acuÃfero de Zafarraya y hacer un seguimiento de la
solución del suelo en explotaciones hortÃcolas de la zona, para poder realizar
recomendaciones que permitan mejorar la gestión de la fertilización y evitar el aumento de la
contaminación por nitratos. Los niveles de salinidad obtenidos a lo largo del periodo de
estudio han sido estables y no representan problemas para los principales cultivos hortÃcolas
de la zona. En lo que respecta a la concentración de nitratos, los resultados muestran
niveles excesivos por encima de 300 mg L-1. Estos resultados son consecuencia de la
práctica habitual de aplicaciones excesivas de fertilizantes nitrogenados. La recomendación
inicial serÃa mantener una concentración de nitratos estable a lo largo del ciclo de cultivo
para evitar acumulaciones en el suelo sobre todo al final del mismo
Phase diagram and influence of defects in the double perovskites
The phase diagram of the double perovskites of the type Sr_{2-x} La_x Fe Mo
O_6 is analyzed, with and without disorder due to antisites. In addition to an
homogeneous half metallic ferrimagnetic phase in the absence of doping and
disorder, we find antiferromagnetic phases at large dopings, and other
ferrimagnetic phases with lower saturation magnetization, in the presence of
disorder.Comment: 4 pages, 3 postscript figures, some errata correcte
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