Non-universality of aging during phase separation of the two-dimensional long-range Ising model

TL;DR

This study explores how aging during phase separation in a 2D long-range Ising model varies with interaction range, revealing non-universal aging exponents and demonstrating a new simulation algorithm for such systems.

Contribution

It introduces a novel Monte Carlo algorithm for long-range interactions and uncovers non-universal aging behavior dependent on the interaction decay parameter.

Findings

Aging follows a power-law decay with a complex dependence on interaction range.

The autocorrelation exponent $$ is approximately 3.5 for nearest-neighbor interactions.

For long-range interactions with $<1$, the exponent is around 4, showing non-universality.

Abstract

We investigate the aging properties of phase-separation kinetics following quenches from $T=\infty$ to a finite temperature below $T_c$ of the paradigmatic two-dimensional conserved Ising model with power-law decaying long-range interactions $\sim r^{-(2 + \sigma)}$. Physical aging with a power-law decay of the two-time autocorrelation function $C(t,t_w)\sim \left(t/t_w\right)^{-\lambda/z}$ is observed, displaying a complex dependence of the autocorrelation exponent $\lambda$ on $\sigma$. A value of $\lambda=3.500(26)$ for the corresponding nearest-neighbor model (which is recovered as the $\sigma \rightarrow \infty$ limes) is determined. The values of $\lambda$ in the long-range regime ($\sigma < 1$) are all compatible with $\lambda \approx 4$. In between, a continuous crossover is visible for $1 \lesssim \sigma \lesssim 2$ with non-universal, $\sigma$-dependent values of $\lambda$. The performed Metropolis Monte Carlo simulations are primarily enabled by our novel algorithm for long-range interacting systems.