Mean-Field to Tricritical Crossover Behavior near theTricritical Point
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 61 (5) , 547-549
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.61.547
Abstract
Precise x-ray measurements of the tilt angle near the tricritical point show clear evidence of mean-field to tricritical crossover behavior; the mean-field region shrinks to zero at the tricritical point.
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