Heisenberg model (quantum) Heisenberg model (quantum) The Heisenberg model is a statistical mechanical model used in the study of critical points and phase transitions of magnetic systems, in which the spins of the magnetic systems are treated quantum mechanically. In the prototypical Ising model, defined on a "d"-dimensional lattice, at each lattice site, a spin formula_1 represents a microscopic magnetic dipole to which the magnetic moment is either up or down. Except the coupling between magnetic dipole moments, there is also a multipolar version of Heisenberg model called the multipolar exchange interaction. For quantum mechanical reasons (see exchange interaction or the subchapter "quantum-mechanical
Heisenberg model (quantum) Assuming that there's only one critical point, we can conclude that the phase transition happens at formula_22. It is common to name the model depending on the values of formula_23, formula_24 and formula_6: if formula_26, the model is called the Heisenberg XYZ model; in the case of formula_27, it is the Heisenberg XXZ model; if formula_28, it is the Heisenberg XXX model. The spin 1/2 Heisenberg model in one dimension may be solved exactly using the Bethe ansatz. In the algebraic formulation, these are related to particular Quantum affine algebras and Elliptic Quantum Group in the XXZ and XYZ cases