Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Unconventional scaling theory for domain growth in the alternating bond Glauber-Ising chain

Stephen J. Cornell, Michel Droz, Nóra Menyhárd

Published Feb 21, 1991• 8 citations

Abstract

The domain growth after a quench is controlled by an exponent which generally has very broad universal properties. The authors investigate the alternating bond Ising chain with Glauber dynamics, and find that its growth exponent is universal, even though the dynamical critical exponent z is non-universal. They show that usual scaling theory can be reformulated to account for the above findings.

DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/24/4/008

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>0,

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\ensuremath{\Vert}) which generalizes the result of Droz et al. and is valid irrespective of the signs of

{J}_{1}

and

{J}_{2}

, where it is assumed that \ensuremath{\Vert}

{J}_{1}

\ensuremath{\Vert}>\ensuremath{\Vert}

{J}_{2}

\ensuremath{\Vert} (\ensuremath{\rho}\ensuremath{\ge}1). For Kawasaki (spin-exchange) dynamics, we obtain dynamic critical exponents from conventional theory which provides a rigorous lower bound for the exponent z. For the case of the conserved (ferromagnetic) order parameter, however, we present arguments that the conventional exponent is exact. We obtain z=4+\ensuremath{\rho} in this case. For

{J}_{1}

>0,${J}_{2}$0 we derive the conventional exponent z=1+\ensuremath{\rho}, whereas for ${J}_{1}$0 we find z=2 irrespective of

{J}_{2}

. A key aspect of this system is the narrowing of the dynamic critical region as compared with the isotropic system (

{J}_{1}

{J}_{2}

). The extra bond periodicity splits the isotropic order parameter into components such that only comparatively closer to criticality does the order parameter become the dominant slow mode. The nonuniversal critical dynamics is intrinsically linked to the nonuniform bond distribution, being shown to arise from a kinetic coefficient which vanishes with a nonuniversal critical exponent. Nonuniversality of the dynamic exponent for Ising systems with inhomogeneous couplings is argued to be specific to zero-temperature critical points.