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The ''n''-vector model or O(''n'') model has been introduced by H. Eugene Stanley 〔H. E. Stanley, "Dependence of Critical Properties upon Dimensionality of Spins," Phys. Rev. Lett. 20, 589-592 (1968).〕 is one of the many highly simplified models in the branch of physics known as statistical mechanics. In the ''n''-vector model, ''n''-component, unit length, classical spins are placed on the vertices of a lattice. The Hamiltonian of the n-vector model is given by: : where the sum runs over all pairs of neighboring spins and denotes the standard Euclidean inner product. Special cases of the n-vector model are: : || The Self-Avoiding Walks (SAW) : || The Ising model : || The XY model : || The Heisenberg model : || Toy model for the Higgs sector of the Standard Model The general mathematical formalism used to describe and solve the ''n''-vector model and certain generalizations are developed in the article on the Potts model. ==References== () H. E. Stanley, "Dependence of Critical Properties upon Dimensionality of Spins," (Phys. Rev. Lett. 20, 589-592 (1968) ). This paper is the basis of many articles in field theory and is reproduced as Chapter 1 of Brèzin/Wadia () ''(The Large-N expansion in Quantum Field Theory and Statistical Physics )'' (World Scientific, Singapore, 1993). Also described extensively in the text Pathria RK ''(Statistical Mechanics: Second Edition )'' (Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1996). * P.G. de Gennes, Phys. Lett. A, 38, 339 (1972) noticed that the case corresponds to the SAW. * George Gaspari, Joseph Rudnick, Phys. Rev. B, 33, 3295 (1986) discuss the model in the limit of going to 0. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「N-vector model」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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