A Landau-type free energy expansion is postulated for a metamagnet possessing two inequivalent magnetic subluuices. It reveals a number of possible sequences of spontaneous phase transitions involving various ordered and disordered phases. Relatively small changes in the sublattice magnetization are most likely to occur. These changes are usually accornpamed by minor shifts in the critical temperatures.
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J.A. Tuszynski- The Landau Model of Spontaneous Metamagnetism Involving Inequivalent Sublattices
A Landau-type free energy expansion is postulated for a metamagnet possessing two inequivalent magnetic subluuices. It reveals a number of possible sequences of spontaneous phase transitions involving various ordered and disordered phases. Relatively small changes in the sublattice magnetization are most likely to occur. These changes are usually accornpamed by minor shifts in the critical temperatures.
A Landau-type free energy expansion is postulated for a metamagnet possessing two inequivalent magnetic subluuices. It reveals a number of possible sequences of spontaneous phase transitions involving various ordered and disordered phases. Relatively small changes in the sublattice magnetization are most likely to occur. These changes are usually accornpamed by minor shifts in the critical temperatures.