Application of representation theory to magnetic and structural phase transitions

The tools of representation theory offer us a powerful insight in those terms in a system’s Hamiltonian which cause it to become ordered. Such is its power that, in many fields, the vocabulary of representations has become conventional; crystallography remains a notable exception. This thesis develo...

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Main Author: Davies, Z.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2009
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540
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.564744