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Magnetocaloric effect in spin-1/2 $XX$ chains with three-spin interactions

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2012-09-07 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We consider the exactly solvable spin-1/2 XXXX chain with the three-spin interactions of the XZX+YZYXZX+YZY and XZYYZXXZY-YZX types in an external (transverse) magnetic field. We calculate the entropy and examine the magnetocaloric effect for the quantum spin system. We discuss a relation between the cooling/heating efficiency and the ground-state phase diagram of the quantum spin model. We also compare ability to cool/heat in the vicinity of the quantum critical and triple points. Moreover, we examine the magnetocaloric effect for the spin-1/2 XXXX chain with three-spin interactions in a random (Lorentzian) transverse magnetic field.

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@article{arxiv.1205.0727,
  title  = {Magnetocaloric effect in spin-1/2 $XX$ chains with three-spin interactions},
  author = {Myroslava Topilko and Taras Krokhmalskii and Oleg Derzhko and Vadim Ohanyan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.0727},
  year   = {2012}
}

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10 pages, 8 figures

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