Abstract
New measurements on -brass reveal an anomaly in the thermopower in the vicinity of the order-disorder phase transition. A simple analysis, which is applicable to a wide class of phase transitions, suggests that the anomaly arises from the scattering of conduction electrons from short-range critical fluctuations and that the thermopower can, in principle, provide a direct measure of correlation functions.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1321-1325 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 19 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1972 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy