Summary: | We study the phase diagram of the Ising model on a Cayley tree with competing prolonged next-nearest neighbour Jp and one-level next-nearest neighbour interactions J0. Vannimenus proved that the phase diagram of Ising model with competing neareast-neighbour interaction J1 and prolonged next-nearest neighbour interactions Jp contains a modulated phase, as found for similar models on periodic lattices. Later Mariz et al generalized this result for Ising model with Jo ≠ 0. For given lattice model on a Cayley tree, i.e., Jp ≠ 0; Jo ≠ 0 with J1 = 0 we describe phase diagram and clarify the role of nearest-neighbour interaction J1 and show that the class of modulated phases consists of so-called antiphase with period 4 only.
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