Date of Award
12-1987
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Physics
First Advisor
Dr. Arthur McGurn
Second Advisor
Dr. Michitoshi Soga
Third Advisor
Dr. Sung Gong Chung
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The thermodynamics of a diluted chain of ferromagnetic classical spin in the presence of an external magnetic field is determined in the limit of the continuum model. The magnetization, susceptibility, specific heat are determined for both the isotropic Heisenberg and the classical XY models as functions of temperature, magnetic field and magnetic concentration. Scaling law for the behavior of the thermodynamic quantities in field, temperature, and magnetic concentration are obtained.
The calculations will be based on the continuum model of classical spin which was solved for the infinite chain system by McGurn and Scalapino.
Recommended Citation
Hu, Guoqing, "Effects of a Magnetic Field on the Thermodynamics of Dilute Classical Spin Chains" (1987). Masters Theses. 1262.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1262