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Main Authors: Bhandari, Preeti, Malik, Vikas, Puri, Sanjay
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.12256
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author Bhandari, Preeti
Malik, Vikas
Puri, Sanjay
author_facet Bhandari, Preeti
Malik, Vikas
Puri, Sanjay
contents We present results for phase ordering kinetics in the {\it Coulomb glass} (CG) model, which describes electrons on a lattice with unscreened Coulombic repulsion. The filling factor is denoted by $K \in [0,1]$. For a square lattice with $K=0.5$ (symmetric CG), the ground state is a checkerboard with alternating electrons and holes. In this paper, we focus on the asymmetric CG where $K \lesssim 0.5$, i.e., the ground state is checkerboard-like with excess holes distributed uniformly. There is no explicit quenched disorder in our system, though the Coulombic interaction gives rise to frustration. We find that the evolution morphology is in the same dynamical universality class as the ordering ferromagnet. Further, the domain growth law is slightly slower than the {\it Lifshitz-Cahn-Allen} law, $L(t) \sim t^{1/2}$, i.e., the growth exponent is underestimated. We speculate that this could be a signature of logarithmic growth in the asymptotic regime.
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spellingShingle Phase Ordering Kinetics of the Asymmetric Coulomb Glass Model
Bhandari, Preeti
Malik, Vikas
Puri, Sanjay
Statistical Mechanics
We present results for phase ordering kinetics in the {\it Coulomb glass} (CG) model, which describes electrons on a lattice with unscreened Coulombic repulsion. The filling factor is denoted by $K \in [0,1]$. For a square lattice with $K=0.5$ (symmetric CG), the ground state is a checkerboard with alternating electrons and holes. In this paper, we focus on the asymmetric CG where $K \lesssim 0.5$, i.e., the ground state is checkerboard-like with excess holes distributed uniformly. There is no explicit quenched disorder in our system, though the Coulombic interaction gives rise to frustration. We find that the evolution morphology is in the same dynamical universality class as the ordering ferromagnet. Further, the domain growth law is slightly slower than the {\it Lifshitz-Cahn-Allen} law, $L(t) \sim t^{1/2}$, i.e., the growth exponent is underestimated. We speculate that this could be a signature of logarithmic growth in the asymptotic regime.
title Phase Ordering Kinetics of the Asymmetric Coulomb Glass Model
topic Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.12256