ISSN:
1572-9613
Keywords:
Field theory
;
Ising model
;
Dirac equation
;
continuum limit
;
logarithmic specific heat
;
critical behavior
;
phase transition
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The Schultz-Mattis-Lieb fermion formulation of the two-dimensional Ising model is simplified by means of long-wavelength approximations which become exact in the critical region. The resulting continuum theory has a Hamiltonian density which is shown to be identical, to within a perfect derivative, to that of free, spinless particles satisfying the one-dimensional Dirac equation. Filling the negative-energy single-particle states of momentumq and massκ gives an integral over the single-particle energies -(θ 2+k2)1/2. Becauseκ varies linearly with the temperature, differentiating twice gives Onsager's logarithmic singularity in the specific heat.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01012571
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