Ising model and the third law of thermodynamics
Abstract
The entropy of a general Ising chain with free ends has been found. Analysis of the zero-temperature limit of the entropy reveals several cases, including some previously known, when the third law of thermodynamics is violated.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters A
- Pub Date:
- July 1974
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0375-9601(74)90470-8
- Bibcode:
- 1974PhLA...48..367J