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Ferromagnetic phase transitions of inhomogeneous systems modelled by square Ising models with diamond-type bond-decorations

Condensed Matter 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

The two-dimensional Ising model defined on square lattices with diamond-type bond-decorations is employed to study the nature of the ferromagnetic phase transitions of inhomogeneous systems. The model is studied analytically under the bond-renormalization scheme. For an nn-level decorated lattice, the long-range ordering occurs at the critical temperature given by the fitting function as (kBTc/J)n=1.6410+(0.6281)exp[(0.5857)n](k_{B}T_{c}/J)_{n}=1.6410+(0.6281) \exp [ -(0.5857) n] , and the local ordering inside nn-level decorated bonds occurs at the temperature given by the fitting function as (kBTm/J)n=1.6410(0.8063)exp[(0.7144)n](k_{B}T_{m}/J)_{n}=1.6410-(0.8063) \exp [ -(0.7144) n] . The critical amplitude Asing(n)A_{\sin g}^{(n)} of the logrithmic singularity in specific heat characterizes the width of the critical region, and it varies with the decoration level nn as Asing(n)=(0.2473)exp[(0.3018)n]A_{\sin g}^{(n)}=(0.2473) \exp [ -(0.3018) n] , obtained by fitting the numerical results. The cross over from a finite-decorated system to an infinite-decorated system is not a smooth continuation. For the case of infinite decorations, the critical specific heat becomes a cusp with the height c(n)=0.639852c^{(n)}=0.639852. The results are compared with those obtained in the cell-decorated Ising model.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0301134,
  title  = {Ferromagnetic phase transitions of inhomogeneous systems modelled by square Ising models with diamond-type bond-decorations},
  author = {Ming-Chang Huang and Yu-Pin Luo and Tsong-Ming Liaw},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0301134},
  year   = {2009}
}

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18 pages, 7 figures