Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: A full understanding of long range ferromagnetic order in metallic systems reflects a variety of phenomena which are best understood in the context of quantum phase transitions (QPTs). This review presents experimental data on ferromagnetic QPTs in metals, confronting results with currently available theory. The coverage of clean materials, materials with varying degrees of disorder, and materials with phase diagrams is exhaustive, revealing a trend where the QPTs of clean systems driven by a control parameter are first order compared to more disordered systems where the QPTs are second order.
Source: Reviews of Modern Physics
Language: English
Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: Collaborative Research: Topics in Many-Body Theory, Collaborative Research: Topic in Many-Body Theory, G4104584106, G4113877457, Collaborative Research: Topics in Many-Body Theory, G4921137019, Programs on Critical Problems in Physics, Astrophysics and Biophysics at the Aspen Center for Physics, Collaborative Research: Topics in Many-Body Theory
OpenAlex ID: W1836922616