Transfer-Matrix Simulations of Linear Magnetic Systems

Abstract

The quantum transfer-matrix method was applied to study the finite--temperature static properties of the spin S = 1 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chains in a wide range of the single-ion anisotropy and temperatures. The high-resolution quantum transfer-matrix simulation data are obtained for the zero-field susceptibility, specific heat as well as for the field-dependent magnetization. The microscopic parameters of a number of real quasi-one--dimensional compounds are found from fitting procedures, some theoretical approaches are numerically verified and an extension of the technique to a non-uniform bond alternating molecular magnets is ałso put forward.