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Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Universality and tricritical behavior of three-dimensional Ising models with two- and four-spin interactions

Ole G. Mouritsen, Svend J. Knak Jensen, B. Frank

Published Jul 1, 1981• 27 citations
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Abstract

The Monte Carlo technique is applied to a study of the phase transitions and the critical behavior of the spin-\textonehalf{} Ising model on an fcc lattice with mixtures of two- (${J}_{2}$) and four - (${J}_{4}$) spin interactions. In the limit ${J}_{2}=0$ the model exhibits a first-order transition. The transition remains of first order for $\frac{{J}_{4}}{{J}_{2}}\ensuremath{\gtrsim}\frac{1}{2}$, but a crossover to continuous transitions is found around $\frac{{J}_{4}}{{J}_{2}}\ensuremath{\approx}\frac{1}{4}\ensuremath{-}\frac{1}{2}$ indicating that the model exhibits tricritical behavior. A modified mean-field theory is presented leading to an approximate description of the tricritical behavior in agreement with the Monte Carlo calculations. In the region of continuous transitions. $0<~\frac{{J}_{4}}{{J}_{2}}\ensuremath{\lesssim}\frac{1}{4}$, the critical exponent $\ensuremath{\beta}$ pertaining to the order parameter derived from the Monte Carlo data retains the Ising value, in accordance with the universality hypothesis. Our findings show that the four-spin interactions do not lead to nonuniversal critical behavior, contrary to the conclusions made by Griffiths and Wood from a series analysis.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.24.347

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