Exact high temperature series expansions for the XY model

Abstract
A method is developed for the exact high temperature series expansion of thermodynamic properties of the spin 1/2 XY model of ferromagnetism or of a quantum lattice gas. Eleven coefficients in the specific heat series for the f.c.c. and b.c.c. lattices and nine coefficients in the series for the fluctuation in the long range order for the f.c.c., b.c.c., and s.c. lattices are calculated. From the fluctuation series the critical temperatures Kc−1 ≡ kTc/J are estimated to be 4.520, 2.902, and 2.02 respectively, while the critical index for the square of the fluctuation in the long range order is γ = 1.35.