Magnetocaloric effect in spin-1/2 XXXX chains with three-spin interactions

preprint2012arXivOpen access

Abstract

We consider the exactly solvable spin-1/2 XXXX chain with the three-spin interactions of the XZX+YZYXZX+YZY and XZY−YZXXZY-YZX types in an external (transverse) magnetic field. We calculate the entropy and examine the magnetocaloric effect for the quantum spin system. We discuss a relation between the cooling/heating efficiency and the ground-state phase diagram of the quantum spin model. We also compare ability to cool/heat in the vicinity of the quantum critical and triple points. Moreover, we examine the magnetocaloric effect for the spin-1/2 XXXX chain with three-spin interactions in a random (Lorentzian) transverse magnetic field.

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