Crossover of Critical Behavior in Dynamic Phase Transitions of Multilayer Ising Model Systems

Erol Vatansever; Mikel Quintana; Andreas Berger

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Crossover of Critical Behavior in Dynamic Phase Transitions of Multilayer Ising Model Systems

Erol Vatansever·Mikel Quintana·Andreas Berger

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We investigate the crossover of critical behavior for the dynamic phase transition (DPT) in ferromagnetic thin films using Monte Carlo simulations of the kinetic Ising model, focusing on the scaling behavior of the dynamic order parameter under a time-dependent external magnetic field. Specifically, we study the transition of the critical behavior of such multilayer film systems from two-dimensional (2D) to three-dimensional (3D) as a function of the film thickness and the distance to the critical point, which enables dimensional crossover observations. Our results indicate that the effective critical exponents exhibit a clear transition in their scaling behavior, with thinner films showing 2D-like characteristics and thicker films displaying 3D-like behavior, for both the DPT and the thermodynamic phase transitions (TPT). Quantitatively, the crossover from 2D to 3D behavior occurs at larger film thicknesses for the DPT compared to the TPT, suggesting that DPT and TPT are governed by distinctly different length scales and underlying surface effects. These findings are in agreement with experimental observations in ultrathin Co films, where dynamic and thermodynamic critical exponents were found to differ. Therefore, our study provides an in-depth explanation for critical phenomena in thin-film ferromagnets driven by a time-dependent magnetic field. By comparing the dimensional crossover properties of both TPT and DPT, we present a comprehensive understanding of how thin-film geometry and surface effects influence the scaling laws and critical behavior in nonequilibrium systems.

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Erol Vatansever, Mikel Quintana, Andreas Berger. 2024-12-29. Crossover of Critical Behavior in Dynamic Phase Transitions of Multilayer Ising Model Systems. https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.20579

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