Physical review. B, Condensed matter
Magnetization in a quenched random-bond transverse Ising model with competing interactions
Enaldo F. Sarmento, R. B. Muniz, Solange Bessa Cavalcanti
Abstract
The ferromagnetic-phase stability limit and magnetization of a quenched bond-mixed spin-1/2 transverse Ising model in an anisotropic simple square lattice are studied within the framework of an effective-field theory considering both competing and noncompeting interactions. In the bond-disordered case, where bonds ${J}_{1}$ and ${J}_{2}$ occur with probabilities 1-p and p, respectively, critical curves are obtained for various \ensuremath{\alpha}'s (\ensuremath{\alpha}\ensuremath{\equiv}${J}_{1}$/${J}_{2}$), and the critical bond concentrations ${p}_{c}$ at which the ferromagnetic phase breaks down are determined. As \ensuremath{\alpha}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}0, the mixed model reduces to the diluted Ising model and the results obtained are compared to those available in the literature. The effect of the transverse field (for different \ensuremath{\alpha}'s) in the thermal behavior of the magnetization as a function of the concentration is also discussed.