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