title: Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics of a two-temperature Ising ring with conserved dynamics.
abstract: The statistical mechanics of a one-dimensional Ising model in thermal equilibrium is well-established, textbook material. Yet, when driven far from equilibrium by coupling two sectors to two baths at different temperatures, it exhibits remarkable phenomena, including an unexpected "freezing by heating." These phenomena are explored through systematic numerical simulations. Our study reveals complicated relaxation processes as well as a crossover between two very different steady-state regimes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0435, USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Borchers
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0435, USA.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pleimling
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0435, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
authors.forename: R K P
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Zia