The quartic oscillator in an external field and the statistical physics of highly anisotropic solids

Philosophical Magazine

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 477-488

  Barsan, Victor ^a  

^a HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

Author keywords

anisotropy; low dimensional structures; phase transitions; statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

ANHARMONIC OSCILLATORS; ANISOTROPIC SOLIDS; CHAIN COUPLING; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; EXTERNAL FIELDS; GINZBURG-LANDAU SYSTEM; GROUND-STATE ENERGIES; LAMBERT FUNCTION; LOW-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES; ORDER DISORDER PHASE TRANSITIONS; STATISTICAL PHYSICS;

ANISOTROPY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 78650396497     PISSN: 14786435     EISSN: 14786443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2010.525539     Document Type: Article

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