A Monte Carlo study of random surface field effect on layering transitions

H. Ez-Zahraouy, L. Bahmad and A. Benyoussef

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2005, vol. 358, issue 1, 86-92

Abstract: The effect of a random surface field, within the bimodal distribution, on the layering transitions in a spin-12 Ising thin film is investigated using Monte Carlo simulations. It is found that the layering transitions depend strongly on the concentration p of the disorder of the surface magnetic field, for a fixed temperature, surface and external magnetic fields. Indeed, the critical concentration pc(k) at which the magnetisation of each layer k changes the sign discontinuously, decreases with increase in applied surface magnetic field, for fixed values of the temperature T and the external magnetic field H. Moreover, the behaviour of the layer magnetisations as well as the distribution of positive and negative spins in each layer, are also established for specific values of Hs, H, p and temperature T.

Keywords: Monte Carlo; Surface field; Thin film; Random field; Layering transitions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.06.008

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