Influence of an Anisotropic Crystalline Field on the Magnetic Properties of a Mixed Spin-1/2 and Spin-1 Ising Model

The mixed spin-1/2 and spin-1 Ising model in the presence of an anisotropic crystalline field is treated exactly within the framework of an extended star-triangle mapping transformation. The exact results for the phase diagrams, magnetization, internal energy and specific heat are derived and discussed in detail. The relevant mapping suggests that an isotropic in-plane crystal field (D^x = D^y) leads to the same effects as the hard-axis crystal field (D^z), whereas the in-plane anisotropy (D^x \neq D^y) is responsible also for the randomization of the magnetic ordering (transverse-field like effect).