TY - JOUR
T1 - A solvable problem in statistical mechanics
T2 - The dipole-type Hamiltonian mean field model
AU - Atenas, Boris
AU - Curilef, Sergio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2019/10
Y1 - 2019/10
N2 - The present study documents a type of mean field approximation inspired by the dipole interaction model, which is analytically solved in the canonical and microcanonical ensembles. The current calculations were derived from the Hamiltonian mean field model developments. After describing the canonical partition function, the free and internal energies, magnetization, and specific heat are derived and graphically depicted. In the microcanonical ensemble, the entropy is calculated as well as other thermodynamic properties. The system shows a second-order phase transition emphasizing that both methods coincide, which is only valid only in equilibrium. In addition, the current model represents a nonsymmetric Hamiltonian mean field model that shows a phase transition.
AB - The present study documents a type of mean field approximation inspired by the dipole interaction model, which is analytically solved in the canonical and microcanonical ensembles. The current calculations were derived from the Hamiltonian mean field model developments. After describing the canonical partition function, the free and internal energies, magnetization, and specific heat are derived and graphically depicted. In the microcanonical ensemble, the entropy is calculated as well as other thermodynamic properties. The system shows a second-order phase transition emphasizing that both methods coincide, which is only valid only in equilibrium. In addition, the current model represents a nonsymmetric Hamiltonian mean field model that shows a phase transition.
KW - Classical statistical mechanics
KW - General physics
KW - Saddle point method
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85070687355
U2 - 10.1016/j.aop.2019.167926
DO - 10.1016/j.aop.2019.167926
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85070687355
SN - 0003-4916
VL - 409
JO - Annals of Physics
JF - Annals of Physics
M1 - 167926
ER -