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We analyze recent measurements by Ooi et al. of the angular dependence of the first order vortex phase transition in Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+y}. The experimental findings of these authors are interpreted in terms of a 2D versus 3D scaling…
Phase transition and critical properties of Ising-like spin-orbital interacting systems in 2-dimensional triangular lattice are investigated. We first show that the ground state of the system is a composite spin-orbital ferro-ordered phase.…
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