Abstract
Calculations of the thermal expansion coefficient and magnetic field susceptibility jumps at second-order diamagnetic phase transitions are performed. The temperature and size dependence of the susceptibility, of the thermal expansion coefficient and of the sound velocity is presented near the diamagnetic phase transition. The compressibility growth observed in beryllium and occurring as a result of the Condon domain formation confirms indirectly the presence of a thermal expansion jump at the phase transition point. A possibility of a first-order diamagnetic phase transition occurrence is considered as a result of the magneto-elastic coupling.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 353-357 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Solid State Communications |
| Volume | 124 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2002 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We are indebted to J. Genossar and M.A. Itskovsky for valuable discussions and to A.G.M. Jansen and J. Hinderer for their interest in this work. The support of the Fund for the Promotion of Research at the University of Haifa is acknowledged. One of us (A.G.) is grateful to G. Martinez for the hospitality during his stay in the Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory.
Keywords
- D. Electron-electron interactions
- D. Magnetic domains
- D. Magnetic ordered materials
- D. Phase transitions
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Materials Chemistry