Thermodynamic geometry of Ising ferromagnet in an external magnetic field: A self-consistent field theory calculation

Rıza Erdem

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2019, vol. 526, issue C

Abstract: We present a complete geometrical description for the ferromagnetic Ising model in the pair approximation as introduced by Balcerzak (2003) using self-consistent field theory. A metric is defined in a two-dimensional phase space of magnetization (M) and nearest-neighbour correlation function (C). Based on the metric elements an expression for the thermodynamic Ricci scalar (R) is derived in terms of the lattice coordination number q. We study R as the temperature (T), magnetic field (h) and exchange energy coupling (J) are varied and show that there are T and h dependent critical properties for q=6. By direct comparison, we demonstrate that the special case q=2 provides a consistent behaviour with the already known exact formula in Janyszek and Mrugała work (1989) for the one-dimensional Ising model.

Keywords: Thermodynamic curvature; Ferromagnetic Ising model; Pair approximation; Self-consistent field theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2019.121173

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