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Thermodynamic calculation of spin scaling functions

Statistical Mechanics 2018-08-27 v1

Abstract

Critical phenomena theory centers on the scaled thermodynamic potential per spin ϕ(β,h)=tpY(htq)\phi(\beta, h)=|t|^{p}Y(h|t|^{-q}), with inverse temperature β=1/T\beta=1/T, h=βHh=-\beta H, ordering field HH, reduced temperature t=t(β)t=t(\beta), critical exponents pp and qq, and function Y(z)Y(z) of z=htqz=h|t|^{-q}. I discuss calculating Y(z)Y(z) with the information geometry of thermodynamics. Scaled solutions obtain with three admissible functions t(β)t(\beta): 1) t=eJβt=e^{-J\beta}, 2) t=β1t=\beta^{-1}, and 3) t=βCβt=\beta_C-\beta, where JJ and βC\beta_C are constants. For p=qp=q, information geometry yields Y(z)=1+z2Y(z)=\sqrt{1+z^2}, consistent with the one-dimensional (1D) ferromagnetic Ising model.

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@article{arxiv.1808.07933,
  title  = {Thermodynamic calculation of spin scaling functions},
  author = {George Ruppeiner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.07933},
  year   = {2018}
}

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10 pages, 1 figure, 22 references

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