High Temperature Expansion for a Chain Model
Onofre Rojas, S. M. de Souza, M. T. Thomaz
Abstract
We consider an arbitrary translationally invariant chain model, with nearest neighbors interaction and satisfying periodic boundary condition. The approach developed here allows a thermodynamic description of the chain model directly in terms of grand potential per site. This thermodynamic function is derived from an auxiliary function constructed only from open connected sub-chains. To exemplify its application we consider the Heisenberg XXZ model in two limit cases: the fermionized version Ising model (t = 0) and the free fermion case ( ∆ = 0). In both cases we recover the known expressions of the corresponding thermodynamical potential.