Crossover from first-order to second-order transitions in some cubic magnetic systems under pressure

1 September 1977

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B

Vol. 16 (5) , 2235-2238
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.16.2235

Abstract

We examine the effect of pressure on the order of phase transition in some antiferromagnetic systems in which the transition is of first order at zero pressure. By using the renormalization-group equations we give a qualitative description of how the transition changes from first to second order as a uniaxial stress is applied.

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