Critical line of honeycomb-lattice anisotropic Ising antiferromagnets in a field

Numerical transfer-matrix methods are used to discuss the shape of the phase diagram, in field-temperature parameter space, of two-dimensional honeycomb-lattice Ising spin-1/2 magnets, with antiferromagnetic couplings along at least one lattice axis, in a uniform external field. Both the order and universality class of the underlying phase transition are examined as well. Our results indicate that in one particular case, the critical line has, at least to a very good approximation, a horizontal section (i.e., at constant field) of finite length, starting at the zero-temperature end of the phase boundary. Other than that, we find no evidence of unusual behavior, at variance with the re-entrant features predicted in earlier studies. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.024102