Critical point of infinite type
- 1 August 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 16 (3) , 1266-1269
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.16.1266
Abstract
We show that a critical point of infinite type is in fact a special case of first-order transition between two states: one perfectly ordered, and a disordered one. The analogy with exact models is pointed out.Keywords
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