The Physics of Structural Phase Transitions
β Scribed by Minoru Fujimoto (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer New York
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 255
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Thermodynamical Principles and the Landau Theory of Phase Transitions....Pages 3-27
Order Variables and Their Correlations, and the Mean-Field Approximation....Pages 28-40
Pseudospins and Their Collective Modes in Displacive Crystals....Pages 41-61
Soft Lattice Modes and Pseudospin Condensates....Pages 62-90
Pinning and Dynamics of Pseudospin Condensates in Practical Crystals....Pages 91-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-112
Diffuse X-Ray Diffraction and Neutron Inelastic Scattering from Modulated Crystals....Pages 113-132
Light Scattering and Dielectric Studies on Modulated Crystals....Pages 133-150
The Spin Hamiltonian and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy....Pages 151-173
Magnetic Resonance Sampling and Nuclear Spin Relaxation Studies of Pseudospin Condensates....Pages 174-205
Structural Phase Transitions in Miscellaneous Systems....Pages 206-235
Back Matter....Pages 237-247
β¦ Subjects
Condensed Matter Physics
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
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