Ising model
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)
- 1-dimensional Ising model (exact solution)
Other topics
- Usual lattices in 2d: Critical behavior
- Lattices in 3-d
- Ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic couplings
- Frustration, etc
- Simulation procedures
- Theoretical methods