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Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Thermodynamics of impure chains of classical spins with isotropic interactions

K. M. Leung

Published Mar 1, 1985• 0 citations
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Abstract

Exact thermodynamic quantities are derived for a chain of classical spins of arbitrary dimension interacting via an arbitrary isotropic nearest-neighbor exchange in both the annealed and quenched limit, and for both bond and site randomness.
DOI
10.1103/physrevb.31.3112

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