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Layering Transitions of the Spin‐1/2 Ising Model in a Transverse Magnetic Field
Author(s) -
Bahmad L.,
Benyoussef A.,
Boubekri A.,
EzZahraouy H.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3951(199910)215:2<1091::aid-pssb1091>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - condensed matter physics , layering , ising model , transverse field , magnetic field , wetting , transverse plane , field (mathematics) , physics , square lattice ising model , materials science , quantum mechanics , mathematics , thermodynamics , botany , pure mathematics , structural engineering , engineering , biology
Using the mean field theory, the effect of a transverse magnetic field on the layering and wetting transitions of the spin‐1/2 Ising model with longitudinal magnetic field is studied. At a fixed value of the temperature smaller than the wetting temperature, such system exhibits a sequence of layering transitions above a critical value of the transverse magnetic field, which depends on the temperature and surface magnetic field.