title: Hysteresis in the random-field Ising model and bootstrap percolation.
abstract: We study hysteresis in the random-field Ising model with an asymmetric distribution of quenched fields, in the limit of low disorder in two and three dimensions. We relate the spin flip process to bootstrap percolation, and show that the characteristic length for self-averaging L small star, filled increases as exp[exp(J/Delta)] in 2D, and as exp(exp[exp(J/Delta)]) in 3D, for disorder strength Delta much less than the exchange coupling J. For system size 1<<L<L small star, filled, the coercive field h(coer) varies as 2J-DeltalnlnL for the square lattice, and as 2J-DeltalnlnlnL on the cubic lattice. Its limiting value is 0 for L-->infinity for both square and cubic lattices. For lattices with coordination number 3, the limiting magnetization shows no jump, and h(coer) tends to J.
authors: Department of Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai-400005, India.
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