Stochastic resonance and scale invariance in nonequilibrium metastable states
Using computer simulations, we study metastability in a two-dimensional Ising ferromagnet relaxing toward a nonequilibrium steady state. The interplay between thermal and nonequilibrium fluctuations induces resonant and scale-invariant phenomena not observed in equilibrium. In particular, we measure noise-enhanced stability of the metastable state in a nonequilibrium environment. The limit of metastability, or pseudospinodal separating the metastable regime from the unstable one, exhibits reentrant behavior as a function of temperature for strong nonequilibrium conditions. Furthermore, when subject to both open boundaries and nonequilibrium fluctuations, the metastable system decays via well-defined avalanches. These exhibit power-law size and lifetime distributions, resembling the scale-free avalanche dynamics observed in real magnets and other complex systems. We expect some of these results to be verifiable in actual (impure) specimens. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2006
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2006
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Authors: | Hurtado, P. I. ; Marro, J. ; Garrido, P. L. |
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The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter and Complex Systems. - Springer. - Vol. 49.2006, 1, p. 103-108
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