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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 93, Issue 22, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.224429
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- CONICET (Argentina) [PIP11220120100250CO, PIP490-2012-2014]
- ANPCyT (Argentina) [PICT-2011-0752]
- Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
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The so-called Arrott plot, which consists in plotting H/M against M-2, with H the applied magnetic field and M the magnetization, is used to extract valuable information in second-order magnetic phase transitions. Besides, it is widely accepted that a negative slope in the Arrott plot is indicative of a first-order magnetic transition. This is known as the Banerjee criterion. In consequence, the zero-field transition temperature T* is reported as the characteristic first-order transition temperature. By carefully analyzing the mean-field Landau model used for studying first-order magnetic transitions, we show in this work that T* corresponds in fact to a triple point where three first-order lines meet. More importantly, this analysis reveals the existence of two symmetrical second-order critical points at finite magnetic field (T-c,+/- H-c). We then show that a modified Arrott plot can be used to obtain information about these second-order critical points. To support this idea we analyze experimental data on La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 and discuss an estimate for the location of the triple point and the second-order critical points.
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