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Title: Properties of phase transitions of a higher order

Journal Article · · Journal of Low Temperature Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02395932· OSTI ID:531137
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  1. National High Magnetic Field Lab., Gainesville, FL (United States)

The following is a thermodynamic analysis of a III order (and some aspects of a IV order) phase transition. Such a transition can occur in a superconductor if the normal state is a diamagnet. The equation for a phase boundary in an H-T (H is the magnetic field, T, the temperature) plane is derived. By considering two possible forms of the gradient energy, it is possible to construct a field theory which describes a III or a IV order transition and permits a study of thermal fluctuations and inhomogeneous order parameters.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
531137
Journal Information:
Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Vol. 106, Issue 5-6; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English