Linear renormalization transformation for weakly interacting spin chains

The linear renormalization-group transformation is proposed to study critical temperatures and temperature dependence of the thermodynamic values (free energy, specific heat) of the weakly interacting spin chains. The method is examined in two classical systems: the standard Ising model on a rectangular lattice and the Ising spin chains coupled by pair-pair interactions. In the latter case the transformation does not exhibit any nontrivial fixed point. This result agrees with the exactly determined free energy of the system under consideration. The method is also applied to the weakly interacting quantum XY spin chains. The critical temperature as a function of the interchain interactions and the temperature dependence of the specific heat are found.