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On the microscopic formulation of landau theory of phase transitions

N. Boccara
- 01 Jul 1972 - 
- Vol. 11, Iss: 1, pp 39-40
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In this article, the group-theoretical determination of the order parameters can be formulated in terms of the invariance properties of the Hamiltonian of the system, which avoids taking into consideration the phenomenological character of the free energy and its analytic expansion.
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This article is published in Solid State Communications.The article was published on 1972-07-01. It has received 3 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Landau theory & Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics).

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Phase Transitions in Cellular Automata.

Nino Boccara
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce the notion of critical exponents, which is defined as a set of exponents that characterize the behavior of a phase transition in a macroscopic system with respect to specific values of intensive variables such as temperature or the magnetic field.
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Symmetry aspects of structural phase transitions

TL;DR: In this paper, the derivation of the essential symmetries involved in the Landau theory of phase transitions is outlined, as well as their links with various areas of investigation of structural transitions.
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A cellular automaton modeling the struggle to control the media

TL;DR: This paper presents a simple cellular automaton model of the struggle to free the media from the influence of big corporations.
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Quadrupole Phase Transitions in Magnetic Solids

TL;DR: In this article, the phase transition of magnetic systems with large biquadratic interactions in the molecular field approximation was studied, and it was shown that the quadrupole and dipole phase transitions occur at different temperatures whenever the BIC interactions are greater than the bilinear terms for effective spin interactions.
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