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Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment

Numerical simulations study of a spin-1 Blume–Emery–Griffiths model on a square lattice

Luciana Melina Luque, S. A. Grigera, Ezequiel Vicente Albano

Published Mar 1, 2019• 7 citations
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Abstract

Abstract We use the Monte Carlo simulation technique to study the critical behavior of a three-state spin model, with bilinear and biquadratic nearest-neighbor interactions, known as the Blume–Emery–Griffiths model (BEG), in a square lattice. In order to characterize this model, we study the phase diagram, in which we identify three different phases: ferromagnetic, paramagnetic and quadrupolar, the later with one sublattice filled with spins and the other with vacancies. We perform our studies by using two algorithms: Metropolis update (MU) and Wang–Landau (WL). The critical scaling behavior of the model is complementary studied by applying results obtained by using both algorithms, while tricritical points and the tricritical scaling behavior is analyzed by means of WL measuring the joint density of states and using the method of field mixing in conjunction with finite-size scaling. Furthermore, motivated by the decoupling between spins observed within the quadrupolar phase, we further generalize the BEG model in order to study the behavior of the system by adding a next nearest neighbour (NNN) interaction between spins. We found that by increasing the strength of the (ferromagnetic) NNN interaction, a new ferromagnetic phase takes over that contains both quadrupolar and ferromagnetic order.

DOI
10.1088/1742-5468/ab0817

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Abstract We use the Monte Carlo simulation technique to study the critical behavior of a three-state spin model, with bilinear and biquadratic nearest-neighbor interactions, known as the Blume–Emery–Griffiths model (BEG), in a square lattice. In order to characterize this model, we study the phase diagram, in which we identify three different phases: ferromagnetic, paramagnetic and quadrupolar, the later with one sublattice filled with spins and the other with vacancies. We perform our studies by using two algorithms: Metropolis update (MU) and Wang–Landau (WL). The critical scaling behavior of the model is complementary studied by applying results obtained by using both algorithms, while tricritical points and the tricritical scaling behavior is analyzed by means of WL measuring the joint density of states and using the method of field mixing in conjunction with finite-size scaling. Furthermore, motivated by the decoupling between spins observed within the quadrupolar phase, we further generalize the BEG model in order to study the behavior of the system by adding a next nearest neighbour (NNN) interaction between spins. We found that by increasing the strength of the (ferromagnetic) NNN interaction, a new ferromagnetic phase takes over that contains both quadrupolar and ferromagnetic order.
The mixed spin-2 and spin-3/2 Blume-Emery-Griffiths (BEG) Ising ferrimagnetic system is studied by the Bethe lattice approach. The ground-state phase diagram is constructed. The influence of the crystal-field and the biquadratic interactions among neighboring spins on the thermal behaviors of the system is singled out. The system displays very rich critical behaviors with the existence of tricritical points. Compensation points where the global magnetization of the system vanishes have been detected for appropriate values of the system parameters.
The spin-1 Ising model on the square lattice with nearest-neighbor ferromagnetic exchange interactions [both bilinear (JJJ) and biquadratic (KKK) and crystal-field interaction ($\ensuremath{\Delta}$) is studied via a renormalization-group transformation in position space. The phase diagram in JJJ, KKK, $\ensuremath{\Delta}$ space is found to have one surface of critical phase transitions and two surfaces of first-order phase transitions. These surfaces are variously bounded by an ordinary tricritical line, an isolated critical line, and a line of critical end points. These three lines joint at a special tricritical point corresponding to the transition of the three-state Potts model. The over-all phase diagram is qualitatively similar to that obtained with the mean-field approximation, except in the vicinity of the Potts transition where a four-phase coexistence line in mean-field theory shrinks into a special tricritical point in renormalization-group theory. Symmetry considerations guide the construction of our truncated renormalization-group transformation. The global connectivity and local exponents of the thirteen separate fixed points underlying this quite complicated structure are determined. Local analysis with respect to magnetic field (HHH) and another odd interaction (LLL) is performed. A one-adjusted-parameter version of our transformation yields remarkably quantitative results, predicting the Potts transition temperature, for example, within 0.3% of the exact value.
Phase diagram and critical phenomena of a frustrated Blume–Capel model with alternating single-ion anisotropy ±D, nearest- and next-nearest-neighbour exchange interactions with equal magnitude J are studied by the Monte Carlo simulations using Wang–Landau sampling and nonequilibrium relaxation method. The collinear ordered phase due to next-nearest-neighbour interaction and partial ordered phase due to alternating anisotropy are confirmed together with a paramagnetic phase. We obtained the numerical results which strongly suggests that a single phase transition at D=0 splits into two Ising lines as soon as D is switched on. With the increase of D, the critical point of the easy-axis sublattice stays on a usual Ising-like critical line while that of the easy-plane sublattice passes through the tricritical point and the transition becomes of the first order as in the usual Blume–Capel model.
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Phase transitions of the three-dimensional semi-infinite Blume-Emery-Griffiths model, extended to negative biquadratic interactions, are investigated within the framework of the mean-field approximation in comparison with the real-space renormalization-group results found previously. All the possible qualitative types of phase diagrams characterizing phase transitions of the model, including high entropy ferrimagnetic and staggered quadrupolar phases, have been determined. It is shown that such a system can exhibit critical and tricritical behavior on the surface and multicritical points.
We report on numerical simulations of the two-dimensional spin-1 Blume-Capel ferromagnet embedded in a triangular lattice. Utilizing a range of Monte Carlo and finite-size scaling techniques, we explore several critical aspects along the crystal field–temperature ( Δ , T ) transition line. Wang-Landau simulations measuring the joint density of states in combination with the method of field mixing allow us to probe the phase coexistence curve in high resolution, determining the tricritical point ( Δ t , T t ) with improved accuracy and verifying the tricritical exponents. Extensive multicanonical simulations identifying transition points across the phase diagram characterize the Ising universality class for Δ < Δ t with precise determination of thermal and magnetic critical exponents expected in the second-order regime. On the other hand, for Δ > Δ t , a finite-size scaling analysis is dedicated to revealing the first-order signature in the surface tension that linearly increases upon lowering the temperature deeper into the first-order transition regime. Finally, a comprehensive picture of the phase diagram for the model is presented, collecting transition points obtained from the combined numerical approach in this study and previous estimates in the literature.