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Thermodynamic Properties of the Discommensuration Point for Incommensurate Structures: A "Third-Order" Phase Transition

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The consequences of the opening of a phason gap in incommensurate systems are studied on a simple model, the discrete frustrated ϕ4\phi^4-model. Analytical considerations and numerical results show that there is a very weak phase transition that can be characterized as third order.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0304447,
  title  = {Thermodynamic Properties of the Discommensuration Point for Incommensurate Structures: A "Third-Order" Phase Transition},
  author = {A. N. Rubtsov and T. Janssen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0304447},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages