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The Linear Transverse Ising Model with Four‐Spin Interactions
M. J. Morgan
Abstract
Abstract A systematic approximant expansion due to Suzuki is applied to a simple quantum spin system; namely the linear transverse Ising model with four‐spin interactions (lattice coupling) described by the Hamiltonian . The free energy per spin and specific heat of this quantum model is calculated for the first three approximants to the partition function, and the results are discussed within the framework of the findings of other authors.