Slides - International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
Slides - International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
Slides - International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
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Landau Theory:<br />
Form of the free energy G is completely determined<br />
by symmetry.<br />
1<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2<br />
P<br />
G<br />
2<br />
PP<br />
0<br />
G<br />
ε<br />
T > T c<br />
T = Tc T < Tc P<br />
Near a transition, susceptibility diverges: important to technology<br />
T c<br />
T