Abstract
We have studied the dynamics of the order-disorder phase transition in ${\mathrm{Ni}}_{3}$Mn by neutron-scattering techniques. The relaxation time constant for the long-range order is about 90 min at a temperature 15\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}C below the critical temperature, but closer to the critical temperature it increases by more than an order of magnitude. This critical slowing down varies as the reduced temperature to a power of 1.04 \ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{} 0.09.
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Neutron scatteringPhysicsCondensed matter physicsIsing modelRelaxation (psychology)ScatteringPhase transitionNeutronAtmospheric temperature rangeCritical exponentCritical phenomenaNuclear physicsThermodynamicsQuantum mechanics
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- 1973
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- article
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 17
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- 781-784
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- 82
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Michael R. Collins,
Hung Chuan Teh
(1973).
Neutron-Scattering Observations of Critical Slowing Down of an Ising System.
Physical Review Letters
, 30
(17)
, 781-784.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.30.781
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- 10.1103/physrevlett.30.781