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A criterion for symmetric tricritical points in condensed ordered phases
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2011
Abstract
Basic methods from bifurcation theory are applied to derive a criterion that predicts when a symmetric tricritical point may occur in a transition between condensed ordered phases described by any finite number of scalar order parameters. At such a point, a change of order takes place in the phase transition, which passes from first to second order, or vice versa.
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- European Journal of Applied Mathematics , Volume 23 , Issue 1: Liquid Crystals , February 2012 , pp. 3 - 28
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011
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