Two alternative descriptions of second order phase transitions: Landau theory and the self-consistent approach

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 65-70

  Klimontovich, Yu L ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Heat capacity peak; Kinetic description; Phase transition second order; Self organization

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; SPECIFIC HEAT; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BOLTZMANN ENTROPY; KINETIC DESCRIPTION; SECOND ORDERS; SECOND-ORDER PHASE TRANSITION; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SELF-CONSISTENT APPROACH; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICAL FORCES;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0003033228     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0375-9601(95)00873-X     Document Type: Article

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