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Spins at Play

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Electrons' spins in different materials might be constrained in certain orientations. The Ising model deals with spins which are pointing either up or down. The XY model explains the behavior of materials where the spins are free to move only on the x and y axis, and the Heisenberg model is about spins that point in any direction, much like clock hands.

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