Critical exponents and scaling invariance in the absence of a critical point

Thermodynamic observables develop power laws and singularities when approaching the Curie point of a ferromagnetic phase transition. Here, Saratz et al. demonstrate that topological excitations (that is, magnetic domains in Fe/Cu(100) films that even persist above the Curie point) remove those singu...

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Main Authors: N. Saratz, D. A. Zanin, U. Ramsperger, S. A. Cannas, D. Pescia, A. Vindigni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13611