Activated scaling in disorder-rounded first-order quantum phase transitions
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Quantum first order phase transitions
The scaling theory of critical phenomena has been successfully extended for classical first order transitions even though the correlation length does not diverge in these transitions. In this paper we apply the scaling ideas to quantum first order transitions. The usefulness of this approach is illustrated treating the problems of a superconductor coupled to a gauge field and of a biquadratic H...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review B
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2469-9950,2469-9969
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.94.094408