Critical slowing down in the two-dimensional Ising model measured using ferromagnetic ultrathin films

Power-law scaling of the relaxation time τ associated with critical slowing down has been experimentally measured in the dynamics of the magnetization of a bilayer of iron grown on top of a W(110) substrate using the complex magnetic ac susceptibility χ(T). The observed value of the critical exponent for the slowing down above the Curie transition of this two-dimensional Ising ferromagnetic system is zν=2.09±0.06 (95% confidence), in agreement …