Calculation of the Free Energy of the Ising Model on a Cayley Tree via the Self-Similarity Method

Abstract

In this study, an interactive Ising model having the nearest and prolonged next-nearest neighbors defined on a Cayley tree is considered. Inspired by the results obtained for the one-dimensional Ising model, we will construct the partition function and then calculate the free energy of the Ising model having the prolonged next nearest and nearest neighbor interactions and external field on a two-order Cayley tree using the self-similarity of the semi-infinite Cayley tree. The phase transition problem for the Ising system is investigated under the given conditions.

Keywords

• Ising model
• partition function
• free energy
• phase transition