Ising model

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Ising Model

The Ising model is commonly defined over an ordered lattice. Each site of the lattice can adopt two states: either UP (S=+1) or DOWN (S=-1).

The energy of the system is the sum of pair interactions between nearest neighbors.

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{U}{k_B T} = - K \sum_{\langle ij \rangle} S_i S_j }

where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \langle ij \rangle } indicates that the sum is done over nearest neighbors, and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle S_i } indicates the state of the i-th site.

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle K } is called the Coupling constant.

to be continued:

Ising Model (1 dimensional)

Other topics

  • Usual lattices in 2d: Critical behavior
  • Lattices in 3-d
  • Ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic couplings
  • Frustration, etc
  • Simulation procedures
  • Theoretical methods