In this work we present a detailed discussion concerning the hysteresis curves for the simplest magnetic system, the Ising model. The hysteresis curves are generated by passing along a set of stable and metastable states of the system. The stability of each state is determined by the Gibbs free energy of the system for each pair of values of temperature and field. We also discuss how we must proceed in determining hysteresis curves by the Monte Carlo method in order to keep the system in its metastable states during the simulation process.
Ising model; hysteresis; magnetic properties
