Splitting the multiphase point
Models with competing interactions, for example the ANNNI model, can have special points at which the ground state is infinitely degenerate, so-called multiphase points. Small perturbations can lift this degeneracy and give rise to infinite sequences of long-period phases. This paper compares the ef...
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| التنسيق: | Journal article |
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1996
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| الملخص: | Models with competing interactions, for example the ANNNI model, can have special points at which the ground state is infinitely degenerate, so-called multiphase points. Small perturbations can lift this degeneracy and give rise to infinite sequences of long-period phases. This paper compares the effect of three possible perturbations, quantum fluctuations, thermal fluctuations and the softening of the spins from their quantised positions. |
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