Transition temperature in a new integral representation for the Ising ferromagnet

Abstract

An infinite set of coupled integral equations is found, with the use of a spectral theorem for the correlation functions of the spin-1/2 three-dimensional Ising model. The second equation is linearised to yield the two spin correlation function. The Ward identity is then satisfied. Those approximations which give the Weiss and spherical model results are indicated. The transition temperature is calculated for SC, BCC and FCC lattices using a product average decomposition of the higher-order correlation functions. The scheme is seen to converge toward the respective values 0.738, 0.789 and 0.823 of 4/ beta cJ(0) which are within 2% of the exact values 0.752, 0.794 and 0.816.