Weak Singularities of the Isothermal Entropy Change as the Smoking Gun Evidence of Phase Transitions of Mixed-Spin Ising Model on a Decorated Square Lattice in Transverse Field

The magnetocaloric response of the mixed spin-1/2 and spin-<i>S</i> (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>S</mi><mo>></mo><mn>1</mn><mo&...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8e812e3becb9486a9f17b3496c7906df2021-11-25T17:30:40ZWeak Singularities of the Isothermal Entropy Change as the Smoking Gun Evidence of Phase Transitions of Mixed-Spin Ising Model on a Decorated Square Lattice in Transverse Field10.3390/e231115331099-4300https://doaj.org/article/8e812e3becb9486a9f17b3496c7906df2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/11/1533https://doaj.org/toc/1099-4300The magnetocaloric response of the mixed spin-1/2 and spin-<i>S</i> (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>S</mi><mo>></mo><mn>1</mn><mo>/</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) Ising model on a decorated square lattice is thoroughly examined in presence of the transverse magnetic field within the generalized decoration-iteration transformation, which provides an exact mapping relation with an effective spin-1/2 Ising model on a square lattice in a zero magnetic field. Temperature dependencies of the entropy and isothermal entropy change exhibit an outstanding singular behavior in a close neighborhood of temperature-driven continuous phase transitions, which can be additionally tuned by the applied transverse magnetic field. While temperature variations of the entropy display in proximity of the critical temperature <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>T</mi><mi>c</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> a striking energy-type singularity <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>T</mi><mo>−</mo><msub><mi>T</mi><mi>c</mi></msub><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo form="prefix">log</mo><mrow><mo>|</mo><mi>T</mi><mo>−</mo><msub><mi>T</mi><mi>c</mi></msub><mo>|</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, two analogous weak singularities can be encountered in the temperature dependence of the isothermal entropy change. The basic magnetocaloric measurement of the isothermal entropy change may accordingly afford the smoking gun evidence of continuous phase transitions. It is shown that the investigated model predominantly displays the conventional magnetocaloric effect with exception of a small range of moderate temperatures, which contrarily promotes the inverse magnetocaloric effect. It turns out that the temperature range inherent to the inverse magnetocaloric effect is gradually suppressed upon increasing of the spin magnitude <i>S</i>.Jozef StrečkaKatarína Karl’ováMDPI AGarticleIsing modeltransverse fieldexact resultsmagnetocaloric effectweak singularityScienceQAstrophysicsQB460-466PhysicsQC1-999ENEntropy, Vol 23, Iss 1533, p 1533 (2021)
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topic Ising model
transverse field
exact results
magnetocaloric effect
weak singularity
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Astrophysics
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Physics
QC1-999
spellingShingle Ising model
transverse field
exact results
magnetocaloric effect
weak singularity
Science
Q
Astrophysics
QB460-466
Physics
QC1-999
Jozef Strečka
Katarína Karl’ová
Weak Singularities of the Isothermal Entropy Change as the Smoking Gun Evidence of Phase Transitions of Mixed-Spin Ising Model on a Decorated Square Lattice in Transverse Field
description The magnetocaloric response of the mixed spin-1/2 and spin-<i>S</i> (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>S</mi><mo>></mo><mn>1</mn><mo>/</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) Ising model on a decorated square lattice is thoroughly examined in presence of the transverse magnetic field within the generalized decoration-iteration transformation, which provides an exact mapping relation with an effective spin-1/2 Ising model on a square lattice in a zero magnetic field. Temperature dependencies of the entropy and isothermal entropy change exhibit an outstanding singular behavior in a close neighborhood of temperature-driven continuous phase transitions, which can be additionally tuned by the applied transverse magnetic field. While temperature variations of the entropy display in proximity of the critical temperature <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>T</mi><mi>c</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> a striking energy-type singularity <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>T</mi><mo>−</mo><msub><mi>T</mi><mi>c</mi></msub><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo form="prefix">log</mo><mrow><mo>|</mo><mi>T</mi><mo>−</mo><msub><mi>T</mi><mi>c</mi></msub><mo>|</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, two analogous weak singularities can be encountered in the temperature dependence of the isothermal entropy change. The basic magnetocaloric measurement of the isothermal entropy change may accordingly afford the smoking gun evidence of continuous phase transitions. It is shown that the investigated model predominantly displays the conventional magnetocaloric effect with exception of a small range of moderate temperatures, which contrarily promotes the inverse magnetocaloric effect. It turns out that the temperature range inherent to the inverse magnetocaloric effect is gradually suppressed upon increasing of the spin magnitude <i>S</i>.
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author Jozef Strečka
Katarína Karl’ová
author_facet Jozef Strečka
Katarína Karl’ová
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title Weak Singularities of the Isothermal Entropy Change as the Smoking Gun Evidence of Phase Transitions of Mixed-Spin Ising Model on a Decorated Square Lattice in Transverse Field
title_short Weak Singularities of the Isothermal Entropy Change as the Smoking Gun Evidence of Phase Transitions of Mixed-Spin Ising Model on a Decorated Square Lattice in Transverse Field
title_full Weak Singularities of the Isothermal Entropy Change as the Smoking Gun Evidence of Phase Transitions of Mixed-Spin Ising Model on a Decorated Square Lattice in Transverse Field
title_fullStr Weak Singularities of the Isothermal Entropy Change as the Smoking Gun Evidence of Phase Transitions of Mixed-Spin Ising Model on a Decorated Square Lattice in Transverse Field
title_full_unstemmed Weak Singularities of the Isothermal Entropy Change as the Smoking Gun Evidence of Phase Transitions of Mixed-Spin Ising Model on a Decorated Square Lattice in Transverse Field
title_sort weak singularities of the isothermal entropy change as the smoking gun evidence of phase transitions of mixed-spin ising model on a decorated square lattice in transverse field
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/8e812e3becb9486a9f17b3496c7906df
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