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Phase diagram of a dilute ferromagnet model with antiferromagnetic next-nearest-neighbor interactions
We have studied the spin ordering of a dilute classical Heisenberg model with
spin concentration , and with ferromagnetic nearest-neighbor interaction
and antiferromagnetic next-nearest-neighbor interaction . Magnetic
phases at absolute zero temperature are determined examining the
stiffness of the ground state, and those at finite temperatures are
determined calculating the Binder parameter and the spin correlation
length . Three ordered phases appear in the phase diagram: (i) the
ferromagnetic (FM) phase; (ii) the spin glass (SG) phase; and (iii) the mixed
(M) phase of the FM and the SG. Near below the ferromagnetic threshold , a reentrant SG transition occurs. That is, as the temperature is decreased
from a high temperature, the FM phase, the M phase and the SG phase appear
successively. The magnetization which grows in the FM phase disappears in the
SG phase. The SG phase is suggested to be characterized by ferromagnetic
clusters. We conclude, hence, that this model could reproduce experimental
phase diagrams of dilute ferromagnets FeAu and EuSrS.Comment: 9 pages, 23 figure