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Mean-field to tricritical crossover behavior near the smectic-A-smectic-C* tricritical point

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1988 PRL V61 p547.pdf (460.23 KB)

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1988-08-01

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Precise x-ray measurements of the tilt angle near the Smectic-A-Smectic-C* tricritical point show clear evidence of mean-field to tricritical crossover behavior; the mean-field region shrinks to zero at the tricritical point.

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Physical Review Letters, 1988, Vol.61, 547

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(1988) by the American Physical Society