Phase Transitions and the Ising Model

2019 ◽  
pp. 423-446
Author(s):  
Robert H. Swendsen
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Ising Model ◽  
Landau Theory ◽  
Magnetic Moments ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Higher Dimensions ◽  
Field Approximation ◽  
Mean Field Approximation ◽  
Ising Chain ◽  
The Mean

Chapter 17 presented one example of a phase transition, the van der Waals gas. This chapter provides another, the Ising model, a widely studied model of phase transitions. We first give the solution for the Ising chain (one-dimensional model), including the introduction of the transfer matrix method. Higher dimensions are treated in the Mean Field Approximation (MFA), which is also extended to Landau theory. The Ising model is deceptively simple. It can be defined in a few words, but it displays astonishingly rich behavior. It originated as a model of ferromagnetism in which the magnetic moments were localized on lattice sites and had only two allowed values.

Partially Disordered State in the Frustrated Heisenberg Ferrimagnet

2014 ◽  
Vol 215 ◽  
pp. 55-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey N. Martynov
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Magnetic Phase ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Exchange Interactions ◽  
Field Approximation ◽  
Magnetic Phase Transitions ◽  
Mean Field Approximation ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Competition Parameter

A model for the description of two-subsystem Heisenberg ferrimagnet with frustrated intersubsystem exchange and competition between exchange interactions in a subsystem is proposed. The conditions of the existence of noncollinear Yafet-Kittel state and partially ordered magnetic structure are investigated. The phase diagram of competition parameter vs temperature is obtained in the mean field approximation. The peculiarities of the succesive magnetic phase transitions are considered.

PHASE TRANSITIONS OF THE MIXED-SPIN ISING MODEL ON A DECORATED LATTICE WITH THE NEAREST-NEIGHBOR INTERACTION BETWEEN DECORATING SPINS

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (24) ◽  
pp. 4963-4976 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. BENYOUSSEF ◽  
A. EL KENZ ◽  
M. EL YADARI ◽  
M. LOULIDI
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Ising Model ◽  
Phase Diagrams ◽  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Nearest Neighbors ◽  
Field Approximation ◽  
Mean Field Approximation ◽  
Neighbor Interaction ◽  
Mixed Spin

A mean-field approximation is developed for a decorated ferrimagnetic Ising model, in which the two magnetic atoms A and B have spins σ=1/2 and S=1, respectively. In this system, the exchange interaction between nearest-neighbors of atom B is taken into account. Some interesting phenomena, such as the appearance of three types of phase diagrams and the existence of one and two compensation points are found. Phase diagrams and temperature dependence of the magnetizations of the system are investigated in detail.

A MEAN FIELD STUDY OF THE PHASE TRANSITIONS IN A CLASS OF SYSTEMS WITH COMPLEX ORDER PARAMETERS

1994 ◽  
Vol 08 (28) ◽  
pp. 3963-3986
Author(s):  
EVGENIA J. BLAGOEVA
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Order Parameter ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Field Approximation ◽  
Mean Field Approximation ◽  
Unconventional Superconductors ◽  
Complex Order ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Expansion Coefficients

A generalized Landau free energy for a complex order parameter expanded up to sixth-order is investigated using group theoretical arguments and the mean-field approximation. Results for the phase transitions that occur are presented. The phase diagram for all allowed values of the expansion coefficients is constructed with an emphasis placed on the influence of the anisotropy in the order parameter space. The results can be used in discussions of unconventional superconductors and modulated structural and magnetic orderings.

The Glauber and Metropolis Transition Rates on the Stationary States of the Ising Model

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 565-570
Author(s):  
G. L. S. Paula ◽  
W. Figueiredo
Keyword(s):  
Ising Model ◽  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Field Approximation ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Mean Field Approximation ◽  
Stationary States ◽  
Transition Rates ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The One

We have applied the Glauber and Metropolis prescriptions to investigate the stationary states of the Ising model in one and two dimensions. We have employed the formalism of the master equation to follow the evolution of the system towards the stationary states. Although the Glauber and Metropolis transition rates lead the system to the same equilibrium states for the Ising model in the Monte Carlo simulations, we show that they can predict different results if we disregard the correlations between spins. The critical temperature of the one-dimensional Ising model cannot even be found by using the Metropolis algorithm and the mean field approximation. However, taking into account only correlations between nearest neighbor spins, the resulting stationary states become identical for both Glauber and Metropolis transition rates.

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS OF THE ORDER PARAMETERS NEAR THE TRANSITION TEMPERATURES IN THE SPIN-3/2 ISING SYSTEM WITH BILINEAR AND BIQUADRATIC INTERACTIONS

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (04) ◽  
pp. 455-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
OSMAN CANKO ◽  
MUSTAFA KESKIN
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Field Approximation ◽  
Irreversible Thermodynamics ◽  
Order Parameters ◽  
Mean Field Approximation ◽  
Transition Temperatures ◽  
Ising System ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Analytical Expressions

Analytical expressions of the order parameters near the transition temperatures in the spin-3/2 Ising system with bilinear (J) and biquadratic (K) interactions are presented for various values of J/K. First, we obtain the free energy expression and the equations to determine order parameters by using the mean-field approximation. Then, the order parameters are expressed in the vicinity of the transition temperatures in which these expressions are very important to study the dynamics of the system by means of Onsager's theory of irreversible thermodynamics. Hence, we investigate the phase transitions occurring in the system and also obtain two tricritical points analytically. Finally, the specific heat and magnetic susceptibility are calculated and an argument about the critical exponents at the second-order phase transitions and tricritical points is given.

scholarly journals Short-ranged interaction effects on Z2 topological phase transitions: The perturbative mean-field method

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (06) ◽  
pp. 1530005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsin-Hua Lai ◽  
Hsiang-Hsuan Hung
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Field Approximation ◽  
Quantum Spin ◽  
Mean Field Approximation ◽  
Topological Phase ◽  
Self Consistent ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Topological Phase Transitions

Time-reversal symmetric topological insulator (TI) is a novel state of matter that a bulk-insulating state carries dissipationless spin transport along the surfaces, embedded by the Z2 topological invariant. In the noninteracting limit, this exotic state has been intensively studied and explored with realistic systems, such as HgTe/(Hg, Cd)Te quantum wells. On the other hand, electronic correlation plays a significant role in many solid-state systems, which further influences topological properties and triggers topological phase transitions. Yet an interacting TI is still an elusive subject and most related analyses rely on the mean-field approximation and numerical simulations. Among the approaches, the mean-field approximation fails to predict the topological phase transition, in particular at intermediate interaction strength without spontaneously breaking symmetry. In this paper, we develop an analytical approach based on a combined perturbative and self-consistent mean-field treatment of interactions that is capable of capturing topological phase transitions beyond either method when used independently. As an illustration of the method, we study the effects of short-ranged interactions on the Z2 TI phase, also known as the quantum spin Hall (QSH) phase, in three generalized versions of the Kane–Mele (KM) model at half-filling on the honeycomb lattice. The results are in excellent agreement with quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) calculations on the same model and cannot be reproduced by either a perturbative treatment or a self-consistent mean-field treatment of the interactions. Our analytical approach helps to clarify how the symmetries of the one-body terms of the Hamiltonian determine whether interactions tend to stabilize or destabilize a topological phase. Moreover, our method should be applicable to a wide class of models where topological transitions due to interactions are in principle possible, but are not correctly predicted by either perturbative or self-consistent treatments.

The Curie Temperature of the Ferroelectric Superlattice Films with Surface Modification

2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (11) ◽  
pp. 723-728
Author(s):  
Bao-Bing Zheng ◽  
Xiao-Yu Kuang ◽  
Shao-Mei Chang ◽  
Ya-Ru Zhao ◽  
Wen-Qiang Li
Keyword(s):  
Surface Modification ◽  
Ising Model ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Transverse Field ◽  
Exchange Interactions ◽  
Field Approximation ◽  
Mean Field Approximation ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Transverse Ising Model ◽  
The Mean

We examine the critical behaviour of a finite alternating ferroelectric superlattice based on the transverse Ising model within the framework of the mean-field approximation. The results indicate that the features of the phase diagrams can be greatly modified by changing the transverse Ising model parameters. The transition temperature of alternating superlattice is described as function of the inter- and intra-layer exchange interactions, the strength of the transverse field, the superlattice thickness and the polarizations. In addition, the effects of surface modification on finite superlattices are also studied.

scholarly journals Faddeev Approach to the Nucleon in the NJL model

1997 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
N. Ishii ◽  
H. Asami ◽  
W. Bentz ◽  
K. Yazaki
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Moments ◽  
Effective Interaction ◽  
Mass Difference ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Field Approximation ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Mean Field Approximation ◽  
State Matrix ◽  
Njl Model ◽  
The Mean

The nucleon and the delta are described as solutions of the relativistic Faddeev equation in the NJL model. We discuss the dependence of the baryon masses on the particular form of the four-Fermi interaction Lagrangians. Using the quark–diquark wave function, we calculate some bound state matrix elements such as the axial coupling constants, magnetic moments of the nucleon, the pion-nucleon sigma term and the proton-neutron mass difference. We also try to compare two pictures of describing the baryons in the NJL model, i.e. the mean-field approximation and the relativistic Faddeev approach. As a first step, we discuss how to improve the mean-field approximation by introducing an effective interaction. We also discuss the perturbative estimate of the deformation of the `vacuum" in the Faddeev approach.

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