Static and dynamic behavior of spin glass films.

01 January 1987

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We consider the behavior of two-dimensional spin-glass films within a phenomenological scaling theory introduced previously. We examine the crossover from two- to three-dimensional behavior as the film thickness is varied, both near the bulk three-dimensional transition temperature (assumed to be nonzero), and well below it. The recent experiments of Kenning et al. on Cu:Mn films are briefly discussed.