Statistical Mechanics of Ferromagnetism; Spherical Model as High-Density Limit

R. Brout
Phys. Rev. 122, 469 – Published 15 April 1961
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Abstract

It is shown that there is a class of graphs of the Ising model (or (Heisenberg model for T>TCurie) which is comprised of cycle graphs plus some excluded volume effects which sum to the spherical model. The spherical model, suitably generalized for T<TCurie, was conjectured in a previous work to be the high-density limit of the Ising model, correct to 1z, where z is the number of spins in the range of the exchange potential (not restricted to nearest neighbor interactions). z13 measures the range of the exchange potential. This is now proved by examining the omitted graphs. The error is shown to be O(1z2).

  • Received 15 November 1960

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.122.469

©1961 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

R. Brout*,†

  • Laboratory of Atomic and Solid-State Physics and Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

  • *This work has been supported in part by the Office of Naval Research.
  • Albert J. Sloan Fellow.

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Vol. 122, Iss. 2 — April 1961

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