title: Zero-temperature freezing in the three-dimensional kinetic Ising model.
abstract: We investigate the relaxation of the Ising-Glauber model on a periodic cubic lattice after a quench to zero temperature. In contrast to the conventional picture from phase-ordering kinetics, we find the following: (i) domains at long time are highly interpenetrating and topologically complex, with average genus growing algebraically with system size; (ii) the long-time state is almost never static, but rather contains "blinker" spins that can flip ad infinitum with no energy cost. (iii) The energy relaxation is extremely slow, with a characteristic time that grows exponentially with system size.
authors.affiliation: Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olejarz
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Krapivsky
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Redner