We study the behavior of a three-dimensional Ising-like system in an external field near the critical point by using the non-Gaussian spin-density fluctuations, namely, the quartic measure density with the even and odd powers of the variable (the asymmetric ${\ensuremath{\rho}}^{4}$ model). The basic idea of the analytic method for deriving complete expressions of the thermodynamic characteristics (including the scaling functions) is described. The proposed method allows us to perform the calculations on the microscopic level without any adjustable parameters. Explicit expressions for the total free energy, order parameter, susceptibility, entropy, and specific heat of the system are obtained as functions of the temperature and field. The regions of the so-called weak and strong fields are considered for temperatures above and below
Tc (
Tc is the phase-transition temperature in the absence of an external field). The average spin moment and susceptibility, depending on the field variation and the proximity to
Tc, are investigated. It is confirmed that the temperature and field fluctuations for the order parameter play the leading roles in the weak and strong fields, respectively.
An analytic method for deriving the free energy of a three-dimensional Ising-like system near the critical point in a homogeneous external field is developed in the the ρ6 model approximation. The mathematical description proposed for temperatures T>Tc (Tc is the phase-transition temperature in the absence of an external field) is valid for fields near , where the scaling variable is of the order of unity and power series in this variable are not effective. At the limiting field , the temperature and field effects on the system in the vicinity of the critical point are equivalent. The total free energy is obtained as a function of temperature, field and microscopic parameters of the system without using series expansions in the scaling variable. In addition to leading terms, the expression for the free energy includes the terms determining the temperature and field confluent corrections.