Ferromagnetic and ferroelectric quantum phase transitions
- 5 March 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Physica Status Solidi (b)
- Vol. 247 (3) , 469-475
Abstract
The applicability of mean field models of ferroelectric and ferromagnetic quantum critical points is examined for a selection of d‐electron systems. Crucially, we find that the tendency of the effective interaction between critical fluctuation modes to become attractive and anomalous as the ordering temperatures tend to absolute zero results in particularly complex and striking phenomena. The multiplicity of quantum critical fields at the border of metallic ferromagnetism, in particular, is discussed here.Keywords
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