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Aging phenomena in spin glass and ferromagnetic phases: domain growth and wall dynamics

E. Vincent, V. Dupuis, M. Alba, J. Hammann, J. -P. Bouchaud

cond-mat.dis-nnarXiv:cond-mat/9908030

Abstract

We compare aging in a disordered ferromagnet and in a spin glass, by studying the different phases of a reentrant system. We have measured the relaxation of the low-frequency ac susceptibility, in both the ferromagnetic and spin-glass phases of a CdCr1.9In0.1S4 sample. A restart of aging processes when the temperature is lowered (`chaos-like' effect) is observed in both phases. The memory of previous aging at a higher temperature can be retrieved upon re-heating, but in the ferromagnetic phase it can rapidly be erased by the growth of ferromagnetic domains. We interpret the behaviour observed in the ferromagnetic phase in terms of a combination of domain growth and pinned wall reconformations, and suggest that aging in spin glasses is dominated by such wall reconformation processes.

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