This Hamiltonian has the same form as the Hamiltonian within the Ising model for ferromagnets. Earlier we denoted
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that in ferromagnetic alignment all magnetic moments have the same direction. For antiferromagnets it will be different. For two neighboring
magnetic moments energy is equal to −J σiz σjz , and it has the minimal
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↑↓↑↓↑↓... ↑↓. For two-dimensional simple cubic lattice the ordering is shown on Fig. 28.1.
↑↓↑↓↑↓↑↓
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So, some atoms have
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(the whole lattice) to two sublattices A and B with alternating arrangement of the nodes (see Fig. 28.2).
Such sublattices are called embedded sublattices. Since we consider that Jij = J ≠ 0 only for the neighboring magnetic moments, such divi-
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Let us write the Hamiltonian considering the division on embedded sublattices. If the i-th magnetic moment refers to A-sublattice, we shall
denote it as iA . Analogously, if the i-th magnetic moment refers to B-
sublattice, we shall denote it as iB . We shall write σiA and σiB for pro-
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This equation has the same form as for a ferromagnet, but instead of Curie temperature θ one can see another temperature TN . The solution
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Fig. 28.3. Parameter order dependence on temperature for antiferromagnets
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