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Multicritical point — Multicritical points are special points in the parameter space of thermodynamic or other systems with a continuous phase transition. At least two thermodynamic or other parameters must be adjusted to reach a multicritical point. At a… … Wikipedia
Critical exponent — Critical exponents describe the behaviour of physical quantities near continuous phase transitions. It is believed, though not proven, that they are universal, i.e. they do not depend on the details of the physical system, but only on the… … Wikipedia
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Karl Alexander Müller — Infobox Scientist name = Karl Alexander Müller imagesize = 180px caption = Alex Müller in 2001. birth date = Birth date and age|1927|4|20 birth place = Basel, Switzerland nationality = Switzerland fields = Physics workplaces = IBM Zürich Research … Wikipedia
Robijn Bruinsma — Robijn F. Bruinsma (b. May 15, 1953, Haarlem, The Netherlands) is a theoretical physicist and is Professor of Physics at the University of California at Los Angeles and Chair of the Department of Theoretical Physics for the Life Sciences at… … Wikipedia
ПОЛИКРИТИЧЕСКАЯ ТОЧКА — (мультикритическая точка) особая точка на диаграмме состояния физ. системы, допускающей существование нескольких упорядоченных фаз. Разл. виды упорядочения в этих фазах (конфигурационное, ориентационное, магнитное, сверхпроводящее и др.; см.… … Физическая энциклопедия
multicriticality — noun The condition of being multicritical … Wiktionary
