The crossover behavior of the susceptibilities ${\ensuremath{\chi}}^{\ensuremath{\alpha}\ensuremath{\alpha}}$ of spin systems with anisotropic exchange coupling is discussed on the basis of an "extended" scaling hypothesis which gives ${\ensuremath{\chi}}^{\ensuremath{\alpha}\ensuremath{\alpha}}(T,g)\ensuremath{\approx}A{t}^{\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\gamma}}{X}_{\ensuremath{\alpha}}(\frac{Bg}{{t}^{\ensuremath{\varphi}}})$, where
g is the anisotropy parameter, $t=\frac{(T\ensuremath{-}{T}_{c0})}{{T}_{c0}}$, with
Tc0 and $\ensuremath{\gamma}$ being the iso tropic critical temperature, and susceptibility exponent, while
A and
B are model-dependent amplitudes. Analysis of high-temperature series expansions for ${\ensuremath{\chi}}^{\ensuremath{\alpha}\ensuremath{\alpha}}(T,g)$ as polynomials in
g for rhombic and axial anisotropy in the fcc, bcc, and simple cubic classical Heisenberg (
n=3) and classical
XY and planar-spin models (
N=2), verifies the scaling with crossover exponents $\ensuremath{\varphi}=1.25\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.015$ (
n=3) and $\ensuremath{\varphi}=1.175\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.015$ (
n=2). The universality of the scaling functions ${X}_{\ensuremath{\alpha}}(x)$ is demonstrated both for small
x and in the anisotropic limit $T\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{T}_{c}(g)$, where $x\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\stackrel{\ifmmode \dot{}\else \.{}\fi{}}{x}$; for
n=3, accurate representations are constructed in the form ${X}_{\ensuremath{\alpha}}(x)\ensuremath{\simeq}{P}_{\ensuremath{\alpha}}(\frac{x}{\stackrel{\ifmmode \dot{}\else \.{}\fi{}}{x}}){(1\ensuremath{-}\frac{x}{\stackrel{\ifmmode \dot{}\else \.{}\fi{}}{x}})}^{\ensuremath{-}\stackrel{\ifmmode \dot{}\else \.{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\gamma}}}$, where $\stackrel{\ifmmode \dot{}\else \.{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\gamma}}$ is the anisotropic susceptibility exponent, while ${P}_{\ensuremath{\alpha}}(z)$ varies smoothly from ${P}_{\ensuremath{\alpha}}(0)=1$ to ${P}_{\ensuremath{\alpha}}(1)\ensuremath{\simeq}1.10$.
The high-temperature susceptibility and internal energy series have been reexamined for four two-dimensional isotropic spin models on a triangular lattice. They are the planar classical Heisenberg (PCH), infinite spin X-Y, classical Heisenberg and step models. For all four models evidence of a phase transition is found. This evidence is good for the first two models, and weak for the last two. A method of series analysis is developed which permits us to rule out, with some degree of confidence, an algebraic singularity for either the susceptibility or the specific heat for all four models. For the PCH model the susceptibility fits the form suggested by Kosterlitz (1974) while for the X-Y model susceptibility a similar conclusion may be drawn, with a lesser degree of confidence.
We study the zero-temperature phase diagram of the two-dimensional quantum
J1XXZ−−J2XXZ spin-1/2 anisotropic Heisenberg model on the square lattice. In particular, the effects of the anisotropy $\ensuremath{\Delta}$ on the
z-aligned N\'eel and (collinear) stripe states, as well as on the
xy-planar-aligned N\'eel and collinear stripe states, are examined. All four of these quasiclassical states are chosen in turn as model states, on top of which we systematically include the quantum correlations using a coupled cluster method analysis carried out to very high orders. We find strong evidence for two quantum triple points (QTPs) at $({\ensuremath{\Delta}}^{c}=\ensuremath{-}0.10\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.15,\text{ }{J}_{2}^{c}/{J}_{1}=0.505\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.015)$ and $({\ensuremath{\Delta}}^{c}=2.05\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.15,\text{ }{J}_{2}^{c}/{J}_{1}=0.530\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.015)$, between which an intermediate magnetically disordered phase emerges to separate the quasiclassical N\'eel and stripe collinear phases. Above the upper QTP $(\ensuremath{\Delta}\ensuremath{\gtrsim}2.0)$ we find a direct first-order phase transition between the N\'eel and stripe phases, exactly as for the classical case. The
z-aligned and
xy-planar-aligned phases meet precisely at $\ensuremath{\Delta}=1$, also as for the classical case. For all values of the anisotropy parameter between those of the two QTPs there exists a narrow range of values of
J2/J1, ${\ensuremath{\alpha}}^{{c}_{1}}(\ensuremath{\Delta})<{J}_{2}/{J}_{1}<{\ensuremath{\alpha}}^{{c}_{2}}(\ensuremath{\Delta})$, centered near the point of maximum classical frustration,
J2/J1=21, for which the intermediate phase exists. This range is widest precisely at the isotropic point, $\ensuremath{\Delta}=1$, where ${\ensuremath{\alpha}}^{{c}_{1}}(1)=0.44\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.01$ and ${\ensuremath{\alpha}}^{{c}_{2}}(1)=0.59\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.01$. The two QTPs are characterized by values $\ensuremath{\Delta}={\ensuremath{\Delta}}^{c}$ at which ${\ensuremath{\alpha}}^{{c}_{1}}({\ensuremath{\Delta}}^{c})={\ensuremath{\alpha}}^{{c}_{2}}({\ensuremath{\Delta}}^{c})$.