Ferrimagnetic Heisenberg chains [(1/2-<i>S</i>] (<i>S=1</i>to (5/2): Thermal and magnetic properties

Abstract

Energy spectra and thermodynamic quantities (partition function, entropy, specific heat, susceptibility) of ferrimagnetic Heisenberg chains, made up of two spin sublattices [(1/2-S], are discussed from the exact results computed for finite rings. Extrapolation of the theoretical data versus the length of finite rings N is discussed for S ranging from 1 to (5/2 and compared with previous reported findings for the [(1/2-\ensuremath{\infty}] spin chain. In the low-temperature region, similarities between the ferrimagnetic chains [(1/2-S] and the regular ferromagnetic ones (with spin S-(1/2) are used for the determination of the limiting curves.