On low-temperature structural phase transitions

Details On low-temperature structural phase transitions On low-temperature structural phase transitions

2006-03-14

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0603372v2

J. Supercond. Nov. Magn. 19, 417 (2006); special issue dedicated to V.L. Ginzburg

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

9 pages, 4 figures. To appear in J. Supercond. Minor changes

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We comment on zero- and low-temperature structural phase transitions, expecting that these comments might be relevant not only for this structural case. We first consider a textbook model whose classical version is the only model for which the Landau theory of phase transitions and the concept of ``soft mode'' introduced by Ginzburg are exact. Within this model, we reveal the effects of quantum fluctuations and thermal ones at low temperatures. To do so, the knowledge of the dynamics of the model is needed. However, as already was emphasized by Ginzburg et al. in eighties, a realistic theory for such a dynamics at high temperatures is lacking, what also seems to be the case in the low temperature regime. Consequently, some theoretical conclusions turn out to be dependent on the assumptions on this dynamics. We illustrate this point with the low-temperature phase diagram, and discuss some unexpected shortcomings of the continuous medium approaches.

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