Spin-1 paramagnet

For

N

independent spins with

s_{z} \in {- 1, 0, 1}

and one-spin Hamiltonian

- μ B s_{z}

Z = (1 + 2 cosh (β μ B))^{N} .

Writing

x = β μ B

, its heat capacity is

C = N k_{B} x^{2} \frac{2 ( c o s h x + 2 )}{( 1 + 2 c o s h x ) ^{2}} .

 Ancestors (5)