Analysis of the specific-heat anomalies ofK2SeO4andRb2ZnCl4near the normal-incommensurate phase transition
- 1 May 1990
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 41 (13) , 9516-9518
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.41.9516
Abstract
The specific-heat data in and are shown to be consistent with the expectation that normal-incommensurate phase transitions should belong to the universality class of the three-dimensional XY model.
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