A study of the symmetry dilemma: Second-order transitions

✍ Scribed by J. Katriel; E. Domany

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1974
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 251 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0020-7608
• DOI: 10.1002/qua.560080407

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Transitions from symmetry‐adapted to symmetry‐broken solutions of variational problems are classified according to the nature of the discontinuity involved. Two systems in which a second‐order transition occurs are studied.