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Phase Transitions and Crystal Symmetry (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
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Phase Transitions and Crystal Symmetry (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics, 38
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About half a century ago Landau formulated the central principles
of the phe nomenological second-order phase transition theory which
is based on the idea of spontaneous symmetry breaking at phase
transition. By means of this ap proach it has been possible to
treat phase transitions of different nature in altogether distinct
systems from a unified viewpoint, to embrace the aforemen tioned
transitions by a unified body of mathematics and to show that, in a
certain sense, physical systems in the vicinity of second-order
phase transitions exhibit universal behavior. For several decades
the Landau method has been extensively used to an alyze specific
phase transitions in systems and has been providing a basis for
interpreting experimental data on the behavior of physical
characteristics near the phase transition, including the behavior
of these characteristics in systems subject to various external
effects such as pressure, electric and magnetic fields,
deformation, etc. The symmetry aspects of Landau's theory are
perhaps most effective in analyzing phase transitions in crystals
because the relevant body of mathemat ics for this symmetry,
namely, the crystal space group representation, has been worked out
in great detail. Since particular phase transitions in crystals
often call for a subtle symmetry analysis, the Landau method has
been continually refined and developed over the past ten or fifteen
years."
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