Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
Approximate Treatment of the Two-Dimensional Ising Ferromagnet with Second-Neighbor Interaction
Sei-ichi Takase
Abstract
The two-dimensional square Ising ferromagnet with the nearest-neighbor interaction - J and the second-neighbor interaction - J ' is investigated starting from the identity < s i >=<tanh (ΣK i j s j )>. The Hartree approximation is used for treating the many-spin correlation functions. The critical point thus determined has two values for J '/ J <0, and is corrected by the study of the spontaneous magnetization and the free energy to give a resonable function T c ( J '/ J ). Our approximation may be valid at least qualitatively as a whole.