Destruction of first-order phase transition in a random-field Ising model

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Crokidakis, Nuno ^a   Nobre, Fernando D ^a  

^a CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETISM; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MODAL ANALYSIS;

FINITE-TEMPERATURE FIRST-ORDER PHASE TRANSITION; RANDOM-FIELD ISING MODEL;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 42449116546     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/14/145211     Document Type: Article

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