Multicritical behavior of the antiferromagnetic spin-3/2 Blume-Capel model: Finite-size-scaling and Monte Carlo studies
Smaîne Bekhechi, A. Benyoussef
Transfer-matrix finite-size-scaling calculations and Monte Carlo simulations are used to investigate the two-dimensional spin-3/2 Ising antiferromagnet in the presence of an external magnetic field and a single-ion potential. Comparison is made between the results of this study and previous mean-field calculations. The phase diagrams and the critical behavior of the model are discussed. In contrast to the mean-field picture, no decomposition of the tricritical point is observed.
Physical review. B, Condensed matter•Dec 1, 1997•48 citations