Eur. Phys. J. B 19, 393-399 (2001)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510170315

The transverse ferromagnet spin-1 Ising model of alternating magnetic superlattice

INFM, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy

Corresponding author: ^a saber@padova.infm.it

Received: 12 January 2000
Revised: 14 September 2000
Published online: 15 February 2001

Abstract

Within the framework of the effective field theory with a probability distribution technique that accounts for the single-site spin correlations, we examine the critical behavior of the transverse ferromagnetic spin-1 Ising model of an alternating magnetic superlattice. The critical temperature of the alternating magnetic superlattice has been studied as a function of the interlayer and intralayer exchange interactions and the strength of the transverse field and the thickness of the finite superlattice.