Scaling in Modulated Systems

Oliver Portmann; Alessandro Vindigni; Danilo Pescia

Complex Sciences. First International Conference, Complex 2009, Shanghai, China, February 23-25, 2009. Revised Papers, Part 1

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Scaling in Modulated Systems

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-02466-5_85,
    author={Oliver Portmann and Alessandro Vindigni and Danilo Pescia},
    title={Scaling in Modulated Systems},
    proceedings={Complex Sciences. First International Conference, Complex 2009, Shanghai, China, February 23-25, 2009. Revised Papers, Part 1},
    proceedings_a={COMPLEX PART 1},
    year={2012},
    month={5},
    keywords={frustrated systems modulated systems long-range interactions competing interactions scaling pattern formation},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-02466-5_85}
}

Oliver Portmann
Alessandro Vindigni
Danilo Pescia
Year: 2012
Scaling in Modulated Systems
COMPLEX PART 1
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02466-5_85

Oliver Portmann¹, Alessandro Vindigni¹, Danilo Pescia¹

1: ETH Zürich

Abstract

How can we understand a system that is too complicated to be simulated and in which some important quantities cannot be determined from observation? This is a question we were confronted with when we analyzed experimentally observed magnetic patterns in ultrathin ferromagnetic films. We have now, for this specific case, found a method that gives a good qualitative understanding of a surprising reentrance of order observed experimentally. This method is based on scaling arguments and may prove useful in the study of other complex systems.

Keywords: frustrated systems modulated systems long-range interactions competing interactions scaling pattern formation

Published: 2012-05-11

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02466-5_85