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# High-temperature series for the RPn-1 lattice spin model (generalized Maier-Saupe model of nematic liquid crystals) in two space dimensions and with general spin dimensionality n.

Physical review. B, Condensed matter (Impact Factor: 3.66). 12/1992; 46(17):11141-11144. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.46.11141
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ABSTRACT High-temperature series expansions of the spin-spin correlation functions of the RPn-1 spin model on the square lattice are computed through order β8 for general spin dimensionality n. Tables are reported for the expansion coefficients of the energy per site, the susceptibility, and the second correlation moment.

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