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From Thermodynamically Driven Phase Transitions to Quantum Critical Phenomena

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In this short review some basic concepts of phase transitions at non-zero and zero temperature are highlighted. For that the critical behavior of classical, thermodynamically driven magnetic phase transitions is exemplified for conventional universality classes as well as for systems reflecting chiral order. Finally the quantum critical phenomena for two magnetic-field-driven phase transitions are presented.

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Wosnitza, J. From Thermodynamically Driven Phase Transitions to Quantum Critical Phenomena. J Low Temp Phys 147, 249–278 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-007-9309-x

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