International Journal of Theoretical Physics

, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 805–826 | Cite as

Critical behavior of noninteracting spin waves

  • Lincoln Stoller
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Abstract

Monte Carlo techniques are used to show that a free-spin-wave theory of the quantum Heisenberg spin-1/2 ferromagnet, formulated to accurately represent the state space of the underlying system, predicts the critical temperature of the interacting theory to within 1% and critical exponents to within a factor of two.

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Field Theory Elementary Particle State Space Quantum Field Theory Critical Temperature 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Lincoln Stoller
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  1. 1.Department of ChemistryUniversity of Texas at Austin

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