Comparison of the Critical Properties of the S = 1/2 XY Model and Liquid Helium Near the Lambda Transition
- 1 November 1973
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Physics
- Vol. 51 (21) , 2249-2259
- https://doi.org/10.1139/p73-294
Abstract
Experimental properties of the lambda line of liquid helium are used together with properties of the zero-field spin 1/2 XY model to determine, on the one hand, the point on the lambda line to which the zero-field model applies, and on the other hand, to determine the lattice spacing of the model. On the f.c.c. lattice the specific heat of the model, C/NkB ~ −0.255 ln (1 − Tc/T) − 0.190 near Tc. This result is shown to be in good agreement with recent experimental results of Ahlers on liquid helium. Other properties of the S = 1/2 XY model are also calculated and, where comparison can be made, agree well with experiment.Keywords
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