Phase transition properties of the spin-1 Blume-Emery-Griffiths model with random transverse crystal field

Phase transition properties of a spin-1 Blume-Emery-Griffiths model (BEGM) with random transverse crystal field is studied by the effective field theory for a simple cubic lattice. In T−D_x space, we obtain the phase diagrams with the ratio α between the biquadratic interaction and the exchange interaction as well as a tunable parameter l of the transverse crystal field. The tricritical point (TCP) appears at α<0, which undergoes a crossover from positive to negative direction of the transverse crystal field when l<0. The TCP cannot be observed for α>0. The maximum critical temperature increases with the increase of α. The position of the peak value tends to the drift of negative or positive direction for a different magnitude or an imperfect (±) transverse crystal field distribution. In T−α space, the range of ordered phase is magnified when the ratio is changed from α<0 to α>0. The random transverse crystal field obviously affects the TCP.