skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Discontinuous scaling of hysteresis losses

Journal Article · · Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics; (United States)
;  [1]
  1. School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332 (United States)

We study the dependence of hysteresis loop area [ital A] on the frequency [Omega] and amplitude [ital H] of the driving field for several mean-field treatments of the kinetic Ising model. An unusual [ital discontinuous] double-power-law scaling behavior is found in all cases. In the low-frequency regime, it is found that [ital A][minus][ital A][sub 0][similar to][ital H][sup 2/3][Omega][sup 2/3][ital scrG][sub [ital L]]([Omega]/[ital H][sup [gamma]]), where [ital A][sub 0] is the zero-frequency value of the loop area, [ital scrG][sub [ital L]] is a scaling function, and [gamma] is a model-dependent exponent. In the high-frequency regime, the loop area itself scales with frequency and amplitude as [ital A][similar to][ital H][sup [alpha]][Omega][sup [minus]1], where [alpha] is also a model-dependent exponent. The transition between these extremes is sharp and can be characterized by an amplitude-dependent critical frequency. We also note differences in behavior above and below the critical ordering temperature [ital T][sub [ital C]].

DOE Contract Number:
FG05-88ER45369
OSTI ID:
7032747
Journal Information:
Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics; (United States), Vol. 50:1; ISSN 1063-651X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English