Magnetic and superconducting quantum critical behavior of itinerant electronic systems

"Quantum phase transitions occur at zero temperature as a function of some non-thermal parameter, e.g., pressure or chemical composition. In addition to being of fundamental interest, quantum phase transitions are important because they are believed to underlie a number of interesting low temperature phenomena. Quantum phase transitions differ from the classical phase transitions in many important aspects, two of them being (i) the mode-coupling effects and (ii) the behavior in the presence of disorder. We devote two projects of this dissertation to each of the two."--Abstract, page iv.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D. in Physics

Grantor

University of Missouri--Rolla

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Sknepnek, Rastko

• Quantum phase transitions
• Itinerant electrons
• Physics

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https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/1528

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oai:scholarsmine.mst.edu:doctoral_dissertations-2530