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Phase Transitions and Order Parameters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Robert M. White
Robert M. White*
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Centers Palo Alto, California 94304
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Abstract

The usefulness of the concept of an order parameter in describing phase transitions is discussed. Examples of order parameters are given in the context of broken symmetries, and defects in the order parameters are classified in terms of these symmetries.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 19: Symposium E – Alloy Phase Diagrams , 1982 , 327
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1983

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