Zero-temperature hysteresis in the random-field Ising model on a Bethe lattice

We consider the single-spin-flip dynamics of the random-field Ising model on a Bethe lattice at zero temperature in the presence of a uniform external field. We determine the average magnetization as the external field is varied from to by setting up the self-consistent field equations, which we show are exact in this case. The qualitative behaviour of magnetization as a function of the external field unexpectedly depends on the coordination number z of the Bethe lattice. For z = 3, with a Gaussian distribution of the quenched random fields, we find no jump in magnetization for any non-zero strength of disorder. For , for weak disorder the magnetization shows a jump discontinuity as a function of the external uniform field, which disappears for a larger variance of the quenched field. We determine exactly the critical point separating smooth hysteresis curves from those with a jump. We have checked our results by Monte Carlo simulations of the model on three- and four-coordinated random graphs, which for large system sizes give the same results as on the Bethe lattice, but avoid surface effects altogether.

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