Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics
The dilute Ising antiferromagnet in a uniform field on a square lattice
S. L. A. de Queiroz, Raimundo R. dos Santos
Abstract
The bond-diluted Ising antiferromagnet in a uniform field (DAFF) on a square lattice is studied and comparison with the random-field problem is made. Position-space renormalisation group calculations for the DAFF give rise to a staircase structure in the zero-temperature phase boundary H (critical field) versus p (bond concentration), separating ordered and disordered phases. Since there is no stable long-range order in the equivalent random-field system, the authors discuss ways in which a consistent picture can be obtained, incorporating both our results and the correspondence between the two problems.