Ising-Model "Metamagnet" and Tricritical Susceptibility Exponent

Abstract
A spin-½ Ising-model "metamagnet" is studied by the method of high-temperature expansions. The phase boundary in the HT plane is obtained for a simple cubic lattic with in-plane ferromagnetic interactions but between-plane antiferromagnetic coupling, and a tricritical point is located. Along the critical line, the staggered susceptibility appears to have an exponent 54 (consistent with the universality hypothesis), while at the tricritical point, the direct susceptibility shows a tricritical exponent of ½.