Low-temperature phase diagrams: non-linearities due to quantum mechanical saturation of order parameters
S A Hayward; E K H Salje; S A Hayward; Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK; E K H Salje; Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK
Журнал:
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Дата:
1998-02-16
Аннотация:
At low temperatures, the behaviour of structural phase transitions is modified by the influence of quantum fluctuations. Such fluctuations enhance the stability of the high-symmetry phase, reducing the observed transition temperature. The effect on phase diagrams of temperature versus some other control parameter (e.g. pressure or chemical composition) is described. A simple low-temperature extension of Landau theory is used, where the extent of quantum mechanical effects is characterized by a saturation temperature . The theory is used to model the phase diagrams of the mineral anorthoclase , the ferroelectric materials ( for the 20 K transition), and SbSI . The saturation temperature is related to the extent to which changes in the hard phonon modes influence the transition mechanism.
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