Zero—field—cooled and field—cooled magnetizations and magnetic susceptibility of itinerant ferromagnet SrRuO3

Zero-field-cooled(ZFC) magnetization,field-cooled(FC) magnetization,ac magnetic susceptibility and major hysteresis loops of itinerant ferromagnet SrRuO3 have been measured at magnetic ordering temperatures ranging from 5 to 160K.An empirical model is proposed to calculate the measured ZFC magnetization.The result indicates that the calculated ZFC magnetization compares well with the measured one.Based on the generalized Preisach model.both the ZFC and FC curves are reproduced by numerical simulations.The critical temperature and critical exponents are determined by measuring the ac magnetic susceptibility in different bias magnetic fields at temperatures in the vicinity of the point of phase transition.     

Investigations of the first order magnetic phase transition in dysprosium

The first order magnetic phase transition in polycrystalline sample of dysprosium (Dy) has been investigated in detail by dc-resistance vs. temperature (R-T) measurements. Distinct signature of coexistence of two magnetically ordered phases (i.e. ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic), originating as a result of the metastable behavior associated with the first order phase transition (FOPT) is found near 90 K. By successfully recording the minor hysteresis loops within the hysteretic R-T regime of Dy, a varying degree of phase coexistence in the FOPT is demonstrated.     

Modelling of hysteresis loops taken during the stress- and temperature-induced martensitic transformations

In this article, it has been shown that the process of reconfiguration of the crystal defects system noticeably contributes to the width of the stress–strain and strain–temperature hysteresis loops taken during the stress- and temperature-induced martensitic transformations of the shape memory alloys. It has been demonstrated that the contribution of the defects system to the hysteresis width strongly depends on the alloy temperature and the transformation cycle duration. It has been shown that the hysteresis effect can be observed not only in the course of the first-order phase transition of martensitic type, but also in the course of the gradual deformation of crystal lattice. The obtained results are applicable to the ferroelastic phase transitions in the different crystalline solids.     

Second-order Preisach model of scalar hysteresis

A second-order Preisach model of scalar hysteresis is proposed and investigated. Parameter functions of this model are identified using transition curves of up to the third order. Wiping-out property and the property of invariance in the change of minor loop shape due to elimination of the first input extremum are shown to be the necessary and sufficient conditions for the representation of a given scalar hysteresis relation by the proposed model     

一级相变磁制冷材料的基础问题探究

由于一级相变磁制冷材料发生磁相变时有晶胞体积的突变,相变过程中有相变潜热存在,其磁化过程中有许多磁学问题有待于进一步探究.本文以LaFe13-xSix合金为研究对象,在现有对磁一级相变基础问题的分析基础上,对一级相变材料中系统熵变、等温熵变、绝热温变、热滞、磁滞、铁磁与顺磁态两相共存的温度区间和磁场区间、制冷能力的计算等磁学基础问题进行了较为细致的探究.分析表明,在忽略完全铁磁态和顺磁态对磁热效应的贡献时,Maxwell方程和Clausius-Clapeyron方程计算熵变的值具有等效性.等温磁化过程中升温和降温曲线包围的面积SABCE(磁滞的大小),实际上是升温过程和降温过程中磁场做的净功,等于相变潜热之差.磁滞和热滞的大小与磁化过程数据测量的时间有关,测量时间越长则滞后越小,当相变是平衡相变则滞后为零.另外,对温度和磁场诱导磁相变过程进行了分析,提出了一级相变磁制冷材料制冷能力的不同计算模型.本文对一级相变磁制冷材料的磁学基础问题研究有一定的参考价值.     

Effective field study of the magnetism and superconductivity in idealised Ising-type X@Y60 endohedral fullerene system

In this study, effective-field calculations within Ising model framework have been utilised to investigate theoretically the effect of temperature and interaction parameters on the magnetic and hysteretic processes in an idealised system used to represent endohedral fullerene (EF) with a dopant magnetic atom confined within a spherical cage. The thermal behaviour of the partial (centre and surface) and the total magnetizations are studied to determine the character of phase transition (continuous and discontinuous) and to elaborate the phase diagram in interaction parameters plane. The total and partial hysteresis curves with susceptibility peaks and coercive fields are also given and focused on the influence of the temperature and interaction parameters. According to values of Hamiltonian parameters, the system exhibits the first- and second-order phase transitions and three types of compensation behaviour, namely Q-, R-, and S-types. In the phase diagram of the system, when the centre–surface (C–S) interaction increases or decreases, the phase transition temperature increases symmetrically. Finally, from the hysteresis curves of the system, we observed that type II superconducting-like behaviour can appear by the presence of dopant centre magnetic atom.     

A Preisach-based hysteresis model for magnetic and ferroelectric hysteresis

In this paper we present a model for hysteretic nonlinearities with non-local memories. This model can be applied to describe hysteretic material behavior. Common applications are ferromagnetic or ferroelectric materials. Our model consists of an analytic function and a Preisach operator. We define a continuous Preisach weight function and introduce a method for the identification of the model parameters. The model parameters are customized to a set of symmetric hysteresis curves. We verify our model for a soft magnetic material, a hard magnetic material and the ferroelectric behavior of some piezoelectric material. After that, non-symmetric curves like the virgin curve are predicted very well by the model. It is especially useful, if forced magnetization or polarization, that appears beyond technical saturation, come into account.     

Nonlinear dynamics of complex hysteretic systems: Oscillator in a magnetic field

Complex hysteresis is a well-known phenomenon in many branches of science. The most prominent examples come from materials with a complex microscopic structure such as magnetic materials, shape-memory alloys, or, porous materials. Their hysteretic behavior is characterized by the existence of multiple internal system states for a given external parameter and by a non-local memory. The input-output behavior of such systems is well studied and in a standard phenomenological approach described by the so-called Preisach operator. What is not well understood, are situations, where such a hysteretic system is dynamically coupled to its environment. Since the hysteretic sub-system provides a complicated form of nonlinearity, one expects non-trivial, possibly chaotic behavior of the combined dynamical system. We study such a combined dynamical system with hysteretic nonlinearity. In this original contribution a simple differential-operator equation with hysteretic damping, which describes a magnetic pendulum is considered. We find, for instance, a fractal dependence of the asymptotic behavior as function of the starting values. The sensitivity of the system to perturbations is investigated by several methods, such as the 0–1 test for chaos and sub-Lyapunov exponents. The power spectral density is also calculated and compared with analytical results for simple input-output scenarios.     

Phase transition properties for the kinetic Ising model in an oscillating magnetic field

The phase transition properties for the kinetic Ising model in a sinusoidally oscillating magnetic field are investigated by means of the mean-field calculations. The integrated phase diagrams for not only the amplitude of the oscillating field versus temperature but also the frequency of the oscillating field versus temperature have been calculated respectively, in which the discontinuous and continuous transitions are observed. Meanwhile the hysteresis loops in relation to the two kinds of the phase diagrams have been analyzed systematically, and the effects of the amplitude and the frequency of the oscillating field on the hysteresis loops are illustrated.     

Calculation of minor hysteresis loops under metastable to stable transformations in vortex matter

We present a model in which metastable supercooled phase and stable equilibrium phase of vortex matter coexist in different regions of a sample. Minor hysteresis loops are calculated with the simple assumption of the two phases of vortex matter having field-independent critical current densities. We use our earlier published ideas that the free energy barrier separating the metastable and stable phases reduces as the magnetic induction moves farther from the first order phase transition line, and that metastable to stable transformations occur in local regions of the sample when the local energy dissipation exceeds a critical value. Previously reported anomalous features in minor hysteresis loops are reproduced, and calculated field profiles are presented.     

Two-phase regime in the magnetic field–temperature phase diagram of a type-II superconductor

The magnetic field and temperature dependencies of the magnetic moments of superconducting crystals of V₃Si have been studied. In a constant magnetic field and at temperatures somewhat below the superconducting transition temperature, the moments are hysteretic in temperature. However, the magnetic moment–magnetic field isotherms are reversible and exhibit features that formally resemble the pressure–volume isotherms of the liquid–gas transition. This suggests the existence of a first-order phase transition, a two-phase regime, and a critical point in the superconducting phase diagram. The two phases are disordered vortex configurations with the same magnetization, but with different vortex densities. The entropy change, determined from the data using the Clausius–Clapeyron equation, is consistent with estimates based on the difference in the vortex densities of the two phases.     

Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8单晶中的反常尖锋效应

使用牛津震动样品磁强计 (VSM)研究了Bi2 Sr2 CaCu2 O8单晶的磁滞回线 .在 2 0到 40K温度之间发现了反常的尖锋效应 ,随样品O含量的增加 ,发生尖锋效应的外场也相应提高 .可以认为在尖峰效应处发生了由涡漩物质的有序固态到无序固态的相变 ,在有少量点缺陷存在的BSCCO单晶相图上 ,Bsp线终止于 2 0K温度处 ,在 2 0K以下温区没有发生准格子到涡漩玻璃的相变 ,涡漩固相始终以准格子形式存在 ;可以认为尖峰效应是外场、温度、无序的复杂函数     

Mutually induced variations in dissipation and elasticity for oscillations in hysteretic materials: non-simplex interaction regimes

Self-action and effects mutually induced by oscillations interacting in hysteretic media are investigated analytically and numerically. Special attention is paid to non-simplex processes for which presence of intermediate extrema results in appearance of minor nested loops inside the main hysteretic stress-strain loop. Non-simplex regimes are typical of interaction of excitations having different frequencies and amplitudes, but comparable strain rates. It is found that, due to transition between the regimes, frequency and amplitude dependencies of the variations in elasticity and dissipation induced by one wave for another one may become non-monotonous. Either additional dissipation or induced transparency may occur in different regimes. The results obtained are important for correct interpretation of experimental data on nonlinear acoustic interactions in rocks and many other microstructured (mesoscopic) solids that are known to exhibit elastic hysteresis and memory properties.     

Slow relaxation and avalanches in the spin-paramagnetic transition of a thin film granular superconductor

We report measurements of the superconducting to normal transition of ultra-thin granular Al films in parallel magnetic fields, H. The parallel critical field,H_c, in our samples is Pauli spin-paramagnetically limited. We find that the critical field transition goes from second-order to strongly first-order at a tricritical point, T_tr, near 250 mK. The first-order transition is characterized by a giant hysteresis in the critical field, ΔH_c 2.5 kG. In the hysteretic region we find that the films are far out of thermodynamic equilibrium and exhibit very slow, τ 10⁴s, glass-like, stretched-exponential relaxation. In addition, we observe significant avalanches. These observations are discussed in terms of a random array of Josephson junctions.     

Asymmetrical phase separation in Nd0.25La0.25Ca0.5MnO3

The highly metastable region across the metal-insulator transition in Nd_0.25La_0.25Ca_0.5MnO₃ is probed by transport and magnetic measurements. The metal-insulator transition observed around 130 K is associated with large thermal hysteresis between temperatures 50-150 K. Observation of minor hysteresis loops across the region indicates coexistence of both metallic and insulating phases. The field-cooled heating and the zero-field-cooled heating susceptibilities deviate from each other from 205 K, signifying thermo-magnetic irreversibility arising from magnetic pinning and/or glassy magnetic behaviour. The magnetoresistance measured on the heating and cooling loops are found to be different in magnitude and nature. The cooling-cycle magnetoresistance was found to be highly irreversible with an open-ended hysteresis loop. We also observe change in the nature of the magnetic relaxation data on the heating and cooling protocols. This indicate strong thermal history dependence of magneto-transport behaviour in the present compound.     

Dynamical phase transition of a driven vortex lattice with disordered pinning

We have numerically solved the overdamped equation of vortex motion in a two-dimensional driven vortex lattice with disordered pinning, in which the driving Lorentz force, the pinning force due to point defects, the intervortex interacting force, and the thermal fluctuation force are taken into account. It is found that the vortex density and pinning strength are two important factors of affecting the melting transition of a vortex lattice. At low magnetic fields, there exist hysteresis loops of the average vortex velocity and the average pinning force vs. the driving force, from which the feature of a first-order melting transition of the vortex motion can be clearly seen. As the magnetic field is increased beyond a critical value, the hysteresis loops disappear and the melting transition is replaced by a second-order glass transition. We have also studied the influence of intervortex interactions on the vortex melting transition by comparing several forms of repulsive forces between the vortices.     

Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8单晶中的反常尖锋效应

使用牛津震动样品磁强计(VSM)研究了Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈单晶的磁滞回线.在20到40K温度之间发现了反常的尖锋效应,随样品O含量的增加,发生尖锋效应的外场也相应提高.可以认为在尖峰效应处发生了由涡漩物质的有序固态到无序固态的相变,在有少量点缺陷存在的BSCCO单晶相图上,B_sp线终止于20K温度处,在20K以下温区没有发生准格子到涡漩玻璃的相变,涡漩固相始终以准格子形式存在;可以认为尖峰效 关键词： 2Sr₂CaCu₂O₈单晶')" href="#">Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈单晶 磁滞回线 尖锋效应 相变     

Phenomenological analysis of thermal hysteresis in Ni-Mn-Ga Heusler alloys

The manipulation of thermal hysteresis in Ni-Mn-Ga Heusler alloys with coupled magnetostructural phase transition is studied theoretically using the Landau theory, including magnetic, elastic and crystal lattice modulation order parameters as well as an external magnetic field. It is shown that for the assigned combination of phenomenological parameters, in the phase diagrams, the Austenite–Martensite first-order phase transition has a finite (critical) point in which the thermal hysteresis is disappeared. Moreover, this point depends on the relation between modulation and elastic constants as well as on the magnetic field. Obtained results have been compared with other theoretical end experimental data.     

Hysteresis of the Magnetic Particle in a Dipolar Ising Model

Zero-temperature Monte Carlo simulations are used to investigate the hysteresis of a magnetic particle in a dipolar Ising model.The magnetic particle is described in a systemm of permanent dipoles,and the dipoles are located in a cubic lattice site.The effects of the shape and the size of the particle on the hysteresis loop at zero temperature are obtained.For strong exchange interactions,the shapes of magnetic hysteresis loops approach rectangle.For weak exchange interactions,the effects of the size and the shape of the particle on the loops are more remarkable than those of strong exchange interactions case.The slope of the hysteresis loop decreases with the increase of the ratio of the semi major axis to the semi minor axis of the ellipsoidal magnetic particle,and there is an increase of the slope of the hysteresis with the decrease of the size of the magnetic particle.The effects of the shape and size of the particle on the coercive force at zero temperature are also investigated.