Hexatic-to-liquid melting transition in two-dimensional magnetic-bubble lattices
- 27 May 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 66 (21) , 2774-2777
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.66.2774
Abstract
We report detailed observations of a continuous hexatic-to-liquid melting transition in two-dimensional magnetic-bubble lattices in magnetic garnet films using digital-imaging techniques. Topological defects, diffraction patterns, and translational and orientational correlation functions show that a second-order melting transition occurs via the formation of progressively larger transient defect clusters.Keywords
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