Effect of Transverse Correlation Function on the Thermodynamic Quantities of Ferromagnetic Systems

The effect of transverse correlation between spins on the thermodynamic properties of ferromagnetic systems is investigated in details. Qualitatively, at finite temperature the transverse correlation reflects the short-range interaction between spins, so that lowers the internal energy and consequently raises the free energy. It also means the introduction of some ordering, and hence lowers the entropy. It is depressed by the field which forces the spins to turn to the field direction, so that it decreases with the field when temperature is fixed. The low-temperature expansion of the energy shows that the inclusion of the transverse correlation at least partly considers the interaction between spin waves. (condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties)