Memory effects in the relaxation of Ising models

Abstract

It is analytically shown that the one-dimensional Ising model with Glauber dynamics exhibits short time memory effects when submitted to an abrupt change in the temperature. These effects are qualitatively similar to those experimentally observed in the compaction of vibrated granular materials. Moreover, a critical time separating regimes of ``normal'' and ``anomalous'' responses to the perturbation is found.