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Lecture 20: Landau Theory of Phase Transitions; Oil, Water, and Alloys artwork
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Lecture 20: Landau Theory of Phase Transitions; Oil, Water, and Alloys

Thermal and Statistical Physics by Prof. Carlson

Nov 10, 2005Education

Now that we know what order parameters are (see last lecture), we'll use the order parameter of a phase to construct the Landau free energy. The Landau free energy depends on the order parameter, and retains all the symm...

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