Order Parameter for a Diamagnetic Phase Transition

A. Gordon, M. A. Itskovsky, I. D. Vagner, P. Wyder

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Abstract

A theory of the magnetic induction bifurcation at a diamagnetic phase transition in normal metals is developed. Our results are in good agreement with the recent observation of the muon spin rotation resonance splitting in beryllium due to Condon domains, Solt et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 2575 (1996); Hyperfine Interact. 104, 257 (1997)], being the first measurement of the onset of a diamagnetic phase transition. Temperature dependence of the order parameter, the magnetization in each Condon domain, is explained and reproduced quantitatively. A new kind of phase diagram for diamagnetic phase transitions is constructed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2787-2790
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume81
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Sep 1998

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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