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Area of Science:

  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computational Physics

Background:

  • The kinetic Ising model describes magnetic systems' time-dependent behavior.
  • Understanding relaxation dynamics is crucial for phase transitions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To simulate and analyze the relaxation process of the 3D kinetic Ising model.
  • To investigate equilibration times and dynamic scaling across the phase boundary.

Main Methods:

  • Metropolis algorithm for simulating the relaxation process.
  • Analysis of average equilibration time and autocorrelation time.
  • Investigation of dynamic scaling with system size.

Main Results:

  • Average equilibration time increases significantly as temperature decreases away from T_{c}.
  • Ultraslow relaxation observed along the first-order phase transition (1st-PT) line.
  • Dynamic scaling holds near T_{c} and at T≪T_{c}, with a larger dynamic exponent at lower temperatures.
  • Autocorrelation time is size-dependent only near T_{c}.

Conclusions:

  • The complex free energy landscape near the 1st-PT line causes extremely slow relaxation dynamics.
  • Dynamic scaling behavior is robust across different temperature regimes.