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10)] does not necessarily need to be polynomial; for instance, it can be an expansion in harmonic functions. 1 27 Phase Diagrams and Measurable Quantities First-Order Transitions To verify a theory of phase transitions, we need to identify in the theory the quantities which can be compared with the experimentally measurable ones. The real world experiments are not controlled by the model parameters A, B, W, D, but by the temperature and pressure. That is why we have to establish relations between (A, B) or (W, D), and (P, T).
4 that, in the absence of the applied field, A ¼ 0 is the locus of the secondorder phase transition. 46) namely between the variants 1 and 3 at A < 0. To analyze the properties of this transition and identify its Ehrenfest class, let us calculate the free energy difference between the variants. 62a) For weak fields (large |a|): 3 % À 1 . 62b) Differentiating this expression with respect to the applied field, we find that sffiffiffiffiffiffiffi ! 63) which means that, according to the Ehrenfest classification, this is a first-order transition.
33) as a function of the rescaled OP and driving force D. In Fig. 5a, b are depicted, respectively, projections of the surface from Fig. 4 on the (, G) and (, D) planes; the latter represents the equilibrium state diagram for this potential. 33) that depend on OP are of the same order of magnitude. 10) may be made arbitrarily small, which validates the truncation at nm ¼ 4. 2 08 -0. 12 04 -0. D n ivi dr ce or gf Fig. 33), as a function of the order parameter ~ and driving force D The equation of equilibrium ∂G()/∂ ¼ 0 has an obvious root D ¼ 0 that corresponds to the unstable state.