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Blume–Capel model
The Blume–Capel model is a spin-1 Ising lattice model introduced in 1966 by Michael Blume and H. W. Capel, known for its first-order transitions and tricritical point.
Hard sphere model
The hard sphere model is a statistical mechanics model of impenetrable spheres that repel infinitely on contact and otherwise exert no force, serving as a key reference system.
Lattice gas model
The lattice gas model is a statistical-mechanical and fluid-dynamical model in which particles occupy only discrete lattice sites, first named by Yang and Lee in 1952.
Mean spherical approximation
The mean spherical approximation (MSA) is a linearized closure of the Ornstein–Zernike equations that keeps the hard-core exclusion exact, with analytic solutions for electrolytes, Yukawa fluids, and polar liquids.
Sherrington–Kirkpatrick model
The Sherrington–Kirkpatrick model is a mean-field spin glass model in which every pair of Ising spins interacts through random infinite-range couplings, proposed in 1975 and later solved correctly by Giorgio Parisi.
Spherical model
The spherical model is an exactly solvable model of a ferromagnet in statistical mechanics, introduced by Berlin and Kac in 1952 as a continuous-spin generalization of the Ising model.