Statistical Mechanical Theory of a Random Ferromagnetic System
- 15 August 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 115 (4) , 824-835
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.115.824
Abstract
The behavior of solid solutions of paramagnetic impurities which are exchange coupled in a nonmagnetic substrate turns out to yield a considerable body of information with regard to the nature of the exchange coupling as well as detailed temperature dependence of the spin system. In the present paper, a rigorous expansion of the mean free energy averaged over random sites is presented. It is shown that a ferromagnetic phase transition does occur. The Curie point is given as a function of concentration for the case of weak dilution in an implicit power series form.Keywords
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