Abstract
A spin-1 model of a magnetic lattice gas is presented and analyzed in the limit of infinitely-long-ranged interactions. Phase diagrams are displayed and studied for the whole range of the ratio of magnetic to nonmagnetic interaction strength denoted by . It is shown that there exists a magnetic liquid phase even for a very weak magnetic interaction . For a range of medium magnetic interactions, , two first-order phase transitions occur; first a nonmagnetic gas to a nonmagnetic liquid phase transition and then a nonmagnetic liquid to a magnetic liquid phase transition occur successively along isotherms at appropriate temperatures.
- Received 26 May 1981
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.24.6524
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