Surface reentrance in the semi-infinite spin-1 Ising models

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1992-09-28

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9209032v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

17 pages, 14 figures (PostScript, appended), POLFIS-TH.19/92

Scientific paper

10.1016/0378-4371(93)90263-4

The critical behavior of the semi-infinite Blume-Capel and Blume-Emery-Griffiths models is investigated in the pair approximation of the Cluster Variation Method. Equations for bulk and surface order parameters and n.n. correlation functions are given, from which analytical expressions for the second order bulk and surface critical temperatures are derived. The phase diagrams of the Blume-Capel model are classified, and the existence of a surface first order transition is discussed. This transition is shown to be, under certain conditions, slightly reentrant, and the behavior of the surface order parameters and correlation functions is given for such a case. The extension of our results to the Blume-Emery-Griffiths model is briefly discussed.

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