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Thermodynamics of two-dimensional spin models with bimodal random-bond disorder

Statistical Mechanics 2015-06-03 v2 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

We use numerical linked cluster expansions to study thermodynamic properties of the two-dimensional spin-1/2 Ising, XY, and Heisenberg models with bimodal random-bond disorder on the square and honeycomb lattices. In all cases, the nearest-neighbor coupling between the spins takes values ±J\pm J with equal probability. We obtain the disorder averaged (over all disorder configurations) energy, entropy, specific heat, and uniform magnetic susceptibility in each case. These results are compared with the corresponding ones in the clean models. Analytic expressions are obtained for low orders in the expansion of these thermodynamic quantities in inverse temperature.

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@article{arxiv.1501.00990,
  title  = {Thermodynamics of two-dimensional spin models with bimodal random-bond disorder},
  author = {Baoming Tang and Deepak Iyer and Marcos Rigol},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.00990},
  year   = {2015}
}

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10 pages, 8 figures, published version