Mean Field Analysis and Simulations of Zero Temperature Hysteresis in the Diluted 3-State Random Field Clock Model

We investigate the zero-temperature hysteresis characteristics of the diluted random field 3-state clock model under a cyclic driving field with zero frequency. This analysis is conducted in the presence of two types of quenched random fields within the mean field approximation. The influence of dilution on the hysteretic response of the model at moderate concentration levels is observed to be contingent on the particular form of disorder. Following this, simulations on a simple cubic lattice are performed for a comparative analysis with mean field predictions.