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Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics of a Two-temperature Ising Ring With Conserved Dynamics

The statistical mechanics of a one-dimensional Ising model in thermal equilibrium is well-established, textbook material. Yet, when driven far from equilibrium by coupling two sectors to two baths at different temperatures, it exhibits remarkable phenomena, including an unexpected 'freezing by heating. These phenomena are explored through systematic numerical simulations. This study reveals complicated relaxation processes as well as a crossover between two very different steady state regimes which are found to be bistable within a certain parameter range. / Ph. D.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/52950
Date15 June 2015
CreatorsBorchers, Nicholas
ContributorsPhysics, Pleimling, Michel J., Mather, William, Cheng, Shengfeng, Tauber, Uwe C.
PublisherVirginia Tech
Source SetsVirginia Tech Theses and Dissertation
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDissertation
FormatETD, application/pdf, application/pdf
RightsIn Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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