Multicritical Points in an Ising Random-Field Model

Miron Kaufman, Philip E. Klunzinger, A. Khurana

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    Abstract

    The phase diagram of the mean-field Ising model in a random field obeying a symmetric three-peak distribution is determined. This distribution is relevant to diluted antiferromagnets in a uniform magnetic field. The phase diagram includes a fourth-order point, tricritical points, ordered critical points, critical end points, and a double critical end point. An ordered phase persists for arbitrarily large random fields at low temperatures.

    Original languageAmerican English
    JournalPhysical Review B
    Volume34
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Oct 1 1986

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    • Physics

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