Quantum Spin-$1$ Anisotropic Ferromagnetic Heisenberg Model in a Crystal Field: A Variational Approach

Abstract

A variational approach based on Bogoliubov inequality for the free energy is employed in order to treat the quantum spin-$1$ anisotropic ferromagnetic Heisenberg model in the presence of a crystal field. Within the Bogoliubov scheme an improved pair approximation has been used. The temperature dependent thermodynamic functions have been obtained and provide much better results than the previous simple mean-field scheme. In one dimension, which is still non-integrable for quantum spin-$1$, we get the exact results in the classical limit, or near-exact results in the quantum case, for the free energy, magnetization and quadrupole moment, as well for the transition temperature. In two and three dimensions the corresponding global phase diagrams have been obtained as a function of the parameters of the Hamiltonian. First-order transition lines, second-order transition lines, tricritical and tetracritical points, and critical endpoints have been located through the analysis of the minimum of the Helmholtz free energy and a Landau like expansion in the approximated free energy. Only first-order quantum transitions have been found at zero temperature. Limiting cases, such as isotropic Heisenberg, Blume-Capel and Ising models have been analyzed and compared to previous results obtained from other analytical approaches as well as from Monte Carlo simulations.

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