Journal of Mathematical Physics
Large deviations in a semi-infinite layered ferromagnet with mean-field interactions: Classical and quantum models
N. Angelescu, M. Bundaru, Joseph V. Pulé
Abstract
We consider the probability distribution in a classical semi-infinite layered ferromagnet with mean-field interactions and prove that this satisfies a large deviation principle, giving the rate function explicitly. For an analogous quantum system we show that the limiting states are product states, which are completely characterized by the classical mean-field solutions.