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Effects of point defects on the phase diagram of vortex states in high-Tc superconductors in B//c axis
The phase diagram for the vortex states of high- superconductors
with point defects in axis is drawn by large-scale Monte
Carlo simulations. The vortex slush (VS) phase is found between the vortex
glass (VG) and vortex liquid (VL) phases. The first-order transition between
this novel normal phase and the VL phase is characterized by a sharp jump of
the density of dislocations. The first-order transition between the Bragg glass
(BG) and VG or VS phases is also clarified. These two transitions are compared
with the melting transition between the BG and VL phases.Comment: 4 pages, 9 eps figures (included in text), uses revtex.sty, overall
changes with several additional data points, though conclusion is unchange
Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions of Vortex Matter in Three-Dimensional Layered Superconductors
Large-scale simulations on three-dimensional (3D) frustrated anisotropic XY
model have been performed to study the nonequilibrium phase transitions of
vortex matter in weak random pinning potential in layered superconductors. The
first-order phase transition from the moving Bragg glass to the moving smectic
is clarified, based on thermodynamic quantities. A washboard noise is observed
in the moving Bragg glass in 3D simulations for the first time. It is found
that the activation of the vortex loops play the dominant role in the dynamical
melting at high drive.Comment: 3 pages,5 figure
Ground-State Phase Diagram of the Two-Dimensional Quantum Heisenberg Mattis Model
The two-dimensional asymmetric Heisenberg Mattis model is
investigated with the exact diagonalization of finite clusters. The N\'eel
order parameter and the spin glass order parameter can be smoothly extrapolated
to the thermodynamic limit in the antiferromagnetic region, as in the pure
Heisenberg antiferromagnet. The critical concentration of the N\'eel phase is
consistent with that of the two-dimensional Ising Mattis model, and the spin
glass order parameter increases monotonously as the ferro-bond concentration
increases. These facts suggest that quantum fluctuation does not play an
essential role in two-dimensional non-frustrated random spin systems.
KEYWORDS: quantum spin system, ground state, randomness, Mattis model, N\'eel
order, spin glass orderComment: 10 pages, LaTeX, 6 compressed/uuencoded postscript figures, J. Phys.
Soc. Jpn. 65 (1996) No. 2 in pres
Infinitesimal incommensurate stripe phase in an axial next-nearest-neighbor Ising model in two dimensions
An axial next-nearest-neighbor Ising (ANNNI) model is studied by using the
non-equilibrium relaxation method. We find that the incommensurate stripe phase
between the ordered phase and the paramagnetic phase is negligibly narrow or
may vanish in the thermodynamic limit. The phase transition is the second-order
transition if approached from the ordered phase, and it is of the
Kosterlitz-Thouless type if approached from the paramagnetic phase. Both
transition temperatures coincide with each other within the numerical errors.
The incommensurate phase which has been observed previously is a paramagnetic
phase with a very long correlation length (typically ). We could
resolve this phase by treating very large systems (),
which is first made possible by employing the present method.Comment: 12 pages, 10 figures. To appear in Phys.Rev.
Vortex glass transition in a random pinning model
We study the vortex glass transition in disordered high temperature
superconductors using Monte Carlo simulations. We use a random pinning model
with strong point-correlated quenched disorder, a net applied magnetic field,
longrange vortex interactions, and periodic boundary conditions. From a finite
size scaling study of the helicity modulus, the RMS current, and the
resistivity, we obtain critical exponents at the phase transition. The new
exponents differ substantially from those of the gauge glass model, but are
consistent with those of the pure three-dimensional XY model.Comment: 7 pages RevTeX, 4 eps figure
The antiferromagnetic order in an F-AF random alternating quantum spin chain : (CH_3)_2 CHNH_3 Cu(Cl_x Br_{1-x})_3
A possibility of the uniform antiferromagnetic order is pointed out in an
S=1/2 ferromagnetic (F) - antiferromagnetic (AF) random alternating Heisenberg
quantum spin chain compound: (CH_3)_2 CHNH_3 Cu(Cl_x Br_{1-x})_3. The system
possesses the bond alternation of strong random bonds that take +/- 2J and weak
uniform AF bonds of -J. In the pure concentration limits, the model reduces to
the AF-AF alternation chain at x=0 and to the F-AF alternation chain at x=1.
The nonequilibrium relaxation of large-scale quantum Monte Carlo simulations
exhibits critical behaviors of the uniform AF order in the intermediate
concentration region, which explains the experimental observation of the
magnetic phase transition. The present results suggest that the uniform AF
order may survive even in the presence of the randomly located ferromagnetic
bonds.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
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