Ising-type Antiferromagnets: Model Systems in Statistical Physics
Ising-type Antiferromagnets: Model Systems in Statistical Physics
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伊辛型反铁磁体:统计物理中的模型系统
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-540-45001-6_2
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发表时间:
2010
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C. Binek
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C. Binek
This chapter points out the impact of insulating ionic compounds with localized magnetic moments in the field of statistical physics. They are perfect realizations of anisotropic Heisenberg systems which, in the case of strong single-ion anisotropy, enable the realization of Ising-type model systems. Such compounds involving strong direct ferromagnetic exchange and additional weak antiferromagnetic interaction turn out to be among the best available model systems of low-dimensional Ising ferromagnets. FeCl2is a representative of these prototypical systems which provides experimental access to fundamental thermodynamic properties in general and the statistical theory of Lee and Yang in particular. Starting with a brief introduction of the Lee--Yang theory from an experimentalist's point of view, density functions of the complex zeros of the partition function as well as the gap exponent of the 2d Ising ferromagnet on a triangular lattice are determined from isothermal magnetization data. Finally, modern approaches beyond the Lee--Yang theory are briefly discussed. Fisher's zeros in the complex temperature plane are introduced. A possible simple basis underlying the circle theorem is motivated and implications from the Lee-Yang theory in the field of non-equilibrium systems are briefly discussed.