Representing 1-D Ising Model using Kronecker sum and Kronecker product
Sourabh Magare, Abhinash Kumar Roy, Varun Srivastava
Abstract
In this paper, we provide a method to represent the microstates of spin interactions as a diagonal matrix. This is done using two operations: Kronecker sum and Kronecker product. These operations are not usually introduced in a physics textbook. We introduce these operations in this paper and develop a method to represent following problems: spins in Magnetic field, open chain 1-d Ising model, closed chain 1-d Ising model, Ising model in external Magnetic field. We think that this representation will help students to bridge the gap between Basic statistical mechanics and advance techniques to solve spin interaction problems