We propose a model of the radiation-induced bystander effect based on an analogy with magnetic systems. The main benefit of this approach is that it allowed us to apply powerful methods of statistical mechanics. The model exploits the similarity between how spin–spin interactions result in...

Thermodynamic properties of the Heisenberg ferromagnetic chain are investigated using the Handscomb quantum Monte-Carlo method. The spin–spin interaction is long-range with the spin coupling parameter depending as r−p on the distance r between spins. Parameter p is in the range 1p⩽4. The...