Date of Award

1-1-2009

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Physics

Content Description

1 online resource (ix, 155 pages) : PDF file, illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

John Kimball

Committee Members

Kevin Knuth, T.S. Kuan, Mark DeBortoli, Michael Treanor

Keywords

CoPhOMe, Dynamic, Glauber, Magnetization, SCM, Spin, Ising model, Ferromagnetism, Equilibrium

Subject Categories

Condensed Matter Physics | Electromagnetics and Photonics

Abstract

The Glauber Ising-spin dynamic with a local equilibrium approximation is applied to infinite and finite one-dimensional (anti-)ferromagnetic Ising chains with classic nearest neighbor interactions. The application of the Glauber dynamic and local equilibrium approximation is then extended to the one-dimensional ferrimagnetic chain with nearest neighbor interactions. Time dependant behavior and equilibrium states of the one-dimensional ferrimagnetic chain are then discussed in terms of the single chain magnet referred to as CoPhOMe, whose behavior empirical data to date suggest is consistent with a one-dimensional Ising ferrimagnet.

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