Abstract

A calculation is made of the effect on the critical temperature of a ferromagnet whose exchange integrals are taken to be random variables. The Bethe-Peierls-Weiss approximation is used to find the partition function, Z, for an Ising system and then a configuration average is taken to find (InZ), from which the resulting decrease in the critical temperature can be found. Other results are discussed, and comparisons made with the present result.

Department(s)

Physics

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0022-3719

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

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© 2023 IOP Publishing, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Dec 1982

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Physics Commons

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