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Ferromagnetism-induced Phase Separation in a Two-dimensional Spin Fluid

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We study the liquid-gas phase separation observed in a system of repulsive particles dressed with ferromagnetically aligning spins, a so-called `spin fluid'. Microcanonical ensemble numerical simulations of finite-size systems reveal that magnetization sets in and induces a liquid-gas phase separation between a disordered gas and a ferromagnetic dense phase at low enough energies and large enough densities. The dynamics after a quench into the coexistence region show that the order parameter associated to the liquid-vapour phase separation follows an algebraic law with an unusual exponent, as it is forced to synchronize with the growth of the magnetization: this suggests that for finite size systems the magnetization sets in along a Curie line, which is also the gas-side spinodal line, and that the coexistence region ends at a tricritical point. This picture is confirmed at the mean-field level with different approximation schemes, namely a Bethe lattice resolution and a virial expansion complemented by the introduction of a self-consistent Weiss-like molecular field. However, a detailed finite-size scaling analysis shows that in two dimensions the ferromagnetic phase escapes the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless scenario, and that the long-range order is not destroyed by the unbinding of topological defects. The Curie line becomes thus a magnetic crossover in the thermodynamic limit. Finally, the effects of the magnetic interaction range and those of the interaction softness are characterized within a mean-field semi-analytic low-density approach.

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hal-02323722 , version 1 (21-10-2019)

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Mathias Casiulis, Marco Tarzia, Leticia F. Cugliandolo, Olivier Dauchot. Ferromagnetism-induced Phase Separation in a Two-dimensional Spin Fluid. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2019, 150 (15), pp.154501. ⟨10.1063/1.5064590⟩. ⟨hal-02323722⟩
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