Energy Transport in an Ising Disordered Model

Abstract

We introduce a new microcanonical dynamics for a large class of Ising systems isolated or maintained out of equilibrium by contact with thermostats at different temperatures. Such a dynamics is very general and can be used in a wide range of situations, including disordered and topologically inhomogenous systems. Focusing on the two-dimensional ferromagnetic case, we show that the equilibrium temperature is naturally defined, and it can be consistently extended as a local temperature when far from equilibrium. This holds for homogeneous as well as for disordered systems. In particular, we will consider a system characterized by ferromagnetic random couplings $J_{ij}\in [1-\epsilon ,1+\epsilon ]$. We show that the dynamics relaxes to steady states, and that heat transport can be described on the average by means of a Fourier equation. The presence of disorder reduces the conductivity, the effect being especially appreciable for low temperatures. We finally discuss a possible singular behaviour arising for small disorder, i.e. in the limit $\epsilon \to 0$.

14 pages, 8 figures

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