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Progress of Theoretical Physics

The Heisenberg Model on the Cayley Tree

T. Ogawa

Published Oct 1, 1975• 0 citations
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Abstract

The ferromagnetic Heisenberg model on the finite most symmetrical Cayley tree is studied in the limit of large size. The spectrum and wavefunctions of the single-magnon states are obtained rigorously. They have many unusual properties. The magnon density excited as a whole at infinitesimal temperatures is logarithmically divergent when the magnon is approximated as boson. Nevertheless, the possibility of some spontaneous magnetization at the central part of the tree remains.

DOI
10.1143/ptp.54.1028

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