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Physical Review B

Exact results for Ising models on the triangular Kagomé lattice

Junjuan Zheng, Gang Sun

Published Feb 23, 2005• 22 citations
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Abstract

A two-dimensional Ising model on a particular topological structure, a ``triangles-in-triangles'' Kagom\'e structure, which is called a triangular-Kagom\'e lattice, is investigated. In this model, we consider two interaction parameters ${J}_{aa}$ and ${J}_{ab}$, corresponding to the interactions among spins on the inner sites and between spins on the inner and vertex sites of the triangular in the Kagom\'e lattice, respectively. By summing over all spins at inner sites in the partition function, we arrive at the partition function of the Kagom\'e lattice. The effective interaction of the corresponding Kagom\'e lattice is always ferromagnetic, even for antiferromagnetic ${J}_{aa}$. The critical properties of the system depend only on ${J}_{aa}∕\ensuremath{\mid}{J}_{ab}\ensuremath{\mid}$. When ${J}_{aa}∕\ensuremath{\mid}{J}_{ab}\ensuremath{\mid}>\ensuremath{-}1$, the system has long range order at low temperature. However, when ${J}_{aa}∕\ensuremath{\mid}{J}_{ab}\ensuremath{\mid}<\ensuremath{-}1$, the partition function of the triangular-Kagom\'e lattice can be related to that of the Kagom\'e lattice with effective interaction at a temperature higher than its critical temperature. Therefore, the system will be in paramagnetic phase at all temperatures for ${J}_{aa}∕\ensuremath{\mid}{J}_{ab}\ensuremath{\mid}<\ensuremath{-}1$. The phase diagram for ${J}_{aa}∕\ensuremath{\mid}{J}_{ab}\ensuremath{\mid}$ is given exactly.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.71.052408

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