The equilibrium and phase properties of the Ising model with three-spin interaction and an external field are studied within the framework of mean-field approximation. The thermodynamic properties of the model reveals two coexistence curves, signifying two distinct second-order phase transitions, dependent on the domain of the interaction parameter. The critical exponents of the magnetic order parameter are calculated in all directions of the phase space and show their agreement with the mean-field universality class.
Universality classes encompass the analogous thermodynamic behavior of unlike physical systems, at different spatial dimensions d , in the vicinity of their critical point. Critical exponents define these classes, with the Ising model being the outstanding prototype that elucidates the differences from the mean-field category, believed to be valid above a critical dimension only. Here, in apparent striking contradiction to the Ising universality class, we demonstrate that the critical behavior of a finite Ising system of N spins in d = 3 obeys mean-field Landau theory in the vicinity of its critical point, with classical critical exponents. Yet, when expressed in terms of the linear size L of the system, the free energy unveils its proper finite-size scaling form, from which the thermodynamic limit critical temperature T c and the Ising critical exponents ν , γ and β can be identified. We find that the larger the size L , the smaller the mean-field region, shrinking to zero in the thermodynamic limit. These conclusions are achieved via the use of an alternative data analysis of Monte Carlo simulations of a three-dimensional Ising model that allows for the evaluation of the free energy per spin f = f ( T , m ; L ) and of the coexistence curve, or spontaneous magnetization at zero magnetic field, m coex = m ( T ; L ) as functions of temperature T and magnetization per spin m = M / N . Our results suggest a revision of the role of mean-field theory in the elucidation of critical phenomena.
Universality classes encompass the analogous thermodynamic behavior of unlike physical systems, at different spatial dimensions
d, in the vicinity of their critical point. Critical exponents define these classes, with the Ising model being the outstanding prototype that elucidates the differences from the mean-field category, believed to be valid above a critical dimension only. Here, in apparent striking contradiction to the Ising universality class, we demonstrate that the critical behavior of a finite Ising system of
N spins in
d=3 obeys mean-field Landau theory in the vicinity of its critical point, with classical critical exponents. Yet, when expressed in terms of the linear size
L of the system, the free energy unveils its proper finite-size scaling form, from which the thermodynamic limit critical temperature
Tc and the Ising critical exponents
ν,
γ and
β can be identified. We find that the larger the size
L, the smaller the mean-field region, shrinking to zero in the thermodynamic limit. These conclusions are achieved via the use of an alternative approach to collect data from a Monte Carlo simulation of a three-dimensional Ising model that allows for the evaluation of the free energy per spin
f=f(T,m;L) and of the coexistence curve, or spontaneous magnetization at zero magnetic field,
mcoex=m(T;L) as functions of temperature
T and magnetization per spin
m=M/N. Our results suggest a revision of the role of mean-field theory in the elucidation of critical phenomena.
We describe the essential features of the mean-field phase diagram for the spin-1 Ising model with general nearest-neighbor interaction when sublattice ordering is made explicit. The phase diagram (in five-dimensional field space) can be classified into 84 zones where uniform with ordered phase coexistence is identified and multicritical behavior is determined. This generalized Ising model was studied extensively, in its ferromagnetic version, by Furman, Dattagupta, and Griffiths towards the end of the last decade. Here we complement that study with the antiferromagnetic phase behavior associated with the same model. Two different mappings between uniform and ordered phase existence conditions facilitated our task and indicated the interconnections that exist between ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic properties in the model. Known features, like the ``shield'' region, appear reproduced in other energy-parameter locations, but also new features occur, such as additional tricritical and fourth-order critical lines connected by sixth-order critical points.
In this work, the critical properties of the classical spin-1 Ising Hamiltonian applied to magnetic systems characterized by the first-neighbors biquadratic exchange, the anisotropy and the external magnetic field contributions are theoretically investigated. The first-neighbors bilinear exchange interaction is set equal to zero. For magnetic systems the bicubic exchange interaction must be set equal to zero as it would break the time-reversal invariance of the exchange Hamiltonian. To determine the critical behavior, the spin-1 Ising Hamiltonian is mapped onto the spin-1/2 Ising Hamiltonian by using the Griffith’s variable transformation. The critical surface of a 2D square magnetic lattice is determined in the parameter space as a function of the magnetic parameters and the phase transition occurring across it is quantitatively discussed by calculating, for each spin, the free energy and the magnetization. The free energy of the 2D square magnetic lattice, described via the three-state spin-1 Ising model, is obtained from an empirical expression of the partition function recently proposed for a spin-1/2 Ising model in an external magnetic field and applied to a 2D magnetic lattice. These results could pave the way to numerical simulations and to measurements able to confirm the analytical predictions.
We study the effect of quantum fluctuations on the critical behavior of the Ising ferromagnetic phase transitions that do not belong to the mean-field universality class. A model system is considered, in which Ising spins are placed on the nodes of a scale-free network. Our Monte Carlo analysis shows that the critical exponents differ from those of mean-field phase transitions when degree exponent gamma is in the range 3<gamma<5 . This confirms earlier analytic calculations based on ansatzes and approximation methods. As we apply quantum fluctuations by means of a magnetic field perpendicular to the Ising spin direction, the transition temperature T(c) decreases with increasing magnetic field strength. We find, however, that the quantum fluctuations do not alter the critical exponents and the universality class remains unchanged.