- B Bernu: LPTMC, UMR 7600 of CNRS, UPMC, Paris-Sorbonne, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.
- C Lhuillier: LPTMC, UMR 7600 of CNRS, UPMC, Paris-Sorbonne, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.
We explain how and why all thermodynamic properties of spin systems can be computed in one and two dimensions in the whole range of temperatures overcoming the divergence towards zero temperature of the standard high-temperature series expansions (HTEs). The method relies on an approximation of the entropy versus energy (microcanonical potential function) on the whole range of energies. The success is related to the intrinsic physical constraints on the entropy function and a careful treatment of the boundary behaviors. This method is benchmarked against two one-dimensional solvable models: the Ising model in longitudinal field and the XY model in a transverse field. With ten terms in the HTE, we find a spin susceptibility within a few percent of the exact results over the entire range of temperatures. The method is then applied to two two-dimensional models: the supposedly gapped Heisenberg model and the J(1)-J(2)-J(d) model on the kagome lattice.