Transverse-random-field mixed Ising model with arbitrary spins.

Abstract

The transverse-random-field mixed Ising model consisting of arbitrary spin values has been studied by combining the pair model approximation with discretized path-integral representation. The phase diagrams of systems with mixed spins: \ensuremath{\sigma}=1/2, S=1; \ensuremath{\sigma}=1/2, S=3/2, and \ensuremath{\sigma}=1, S=2 are plotted. Not only the discontinuity at T=0 K is found between the trimodal and bimodal distributions of transverse fields, which is similar to the single-spin counterpart, but also the tricritical behavior is observed in these phase diagrams when both transverse fields are trimodal distributed, which is different from the single-spin one. The appearance of tricritical point is independent of the coordination number and spin values. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.