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J. Phys. IV France
Volume 131, December 2005
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| Page(s) | 315 - 318 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2005131080 | |
| Published online | 18 January 2006 | |
International Workshop on Electronic Crystals
S. Brazovskii, P. Monceau and N. Kirova
J. Phys. IV France 131 (2005) 315-318
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2005131080
Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics RAS, Mokhovaya 11-7, 125009 Moscow, Russia
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S. Brazovskii, P. Monceau and N. Kirova
J. Phys. IV France 131 (2005) 315-318
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2005131080
Distributed latent heat of the phase transitions in low-dimensional conductors
V.Ya. PokrovskiiInstitute of Radioengineering and Electronics RAS, Mokhovaya 11-7, 125009 Moscow, Russia
Abstract
A simple consideration demonstrates that if the temperature of a
second-order phase transition is suppressed by fluctuations, the
dominating effect at the transition is a maximum, but not a jump of
specific heat, cp. One can attribute a certain value of latent
heat to the transition; an estimate of the "latent heat" is
proposed and compared with the behavior of cp and of thermal
expansion at the Peierls and superconducting transitions.
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