Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics
Critical behaviour of the anisotropic Ising model
J. Oitmaa, Ian Graham Enting
Abstract
The first eleven terms of the high temperature susceptibility series for the anisotropic Ising model on a simple cubic lattice are calculated. The series is analysed to obtain estimates of the critical temperature and critical exponent for various values of the anisotropy parameter eta . Strong evidence is found for an apparent continuous variation of the exponent with eta which is in contradiction with the discontinuous change at eta =0 which has been generally believed to occur. The detailed variation of the critical temperature with eta is also in disagreement with predictions from generalized scaling laws.