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Equilibrium spin-glass transition of magnetic dipoles with random anisotropy axes on a site diluted lattice
We study partially occupied lattice systems of classical magnetic dipoles
which point along randomly oriented axes. Only dipolar interactions are taken
into account. The aim of the model is to mimic collective effects in disordered
assemblies of magnetic nanoparticles. From tempered Monte Carlo simulations, we
obtain the following equilibrium results. The zero temperature entropy
approximately vanishes. Below a temperature T_c, given by k_B T_c= (0.95 +-
0.1)x e_d, where e_d is a nearest neighbor dipole-dipole interaction energy and
x is the site occupancy rate, we find a spin glass phase. In it, (1) the mean
value , where q is the spin overlap, decreases algebraically with system
size N as N increases, and (2) D|q| = 0.5 (T/x)^1/2, independently of N,
where D|q| is the root mean square deviation of |q|.Comment: 7 LaTeX pages, 7 eps figures. Submitted to PRB on 30 December 200
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
Calculation of the incremental stress-strain relation of a polygonal packing
The constitutive relation of the quasi-static deformation on two dimensional
packed samples of polygons is calculated using molecular dynamic simulations.
The stress values at which the system remains stable are bounded by a failure
surface, that shows a power law dependence on the pressure. Below the failure
surface, non linear elasticity and plastic deformation are obtained, which are
evaluated in the framework of the incremental linear theory. The results shows
that the stiffness tensor can be directly related to the micro-contact
rearrangements. The plasticity obeys a non-associated flow rule, with a plastic
limit surface that does not agree with the failure surface.Comment: 11 pages, 20 figur
Multi-ion sensing of dipolar noise sources in ion traps
Trapped-ion quantum platforms are subject to `anomalous' heating due to
interactions with electric-field noise sources of nature not yet completely
known. There is ample experimental evidence that this noise originates at the
surfaces of the trap electrodes, and models assuming fluctuating point-like
dipoles are consistent with observations, but the exact microscopic mechanisms
behind anomalous heating remain undetermined. Here we show how a two-ion probe
displays a transition in its dissipation properties, enabling experimental
access to the mean orientation of the dipoles and the spatial extent of
dipole-dipole correlations. This information can be used to test the validity
of candidate microscopic models, which predict correlation lengths spanning
several orders of mag- nitude. Furthermore, we propose an experiment to measure
these effects with currently-available traps and techniques
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
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