A simple geometrical model of spontaneous symmetry breaking
作者:
P. K. Aravind,
期刊:
American Journal of Physics
(AIP Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 55,
issue 5
页码: 437-439
ISSN:0002-9505
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1119/1.15128
出版商: American Association of Physics Teachers
关键词: PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS;SYMMETRY BREAKING;ORDER PARAMETERS;FUNCTIONAL MODELS
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
A common, everyday phenomenon has a geometrical aspect that, in some respects, is analogous to a second‐order phase transition. Concepts such as spontaneous symmetry breaking, order parameter, critical point, and critical exponent can thus be exhibited in a purely geometrical context. The purpose of the model, which is entirely pedagogical, is to illustrate in an elementary and amusing way some of the concepts associated with phase transition theory.
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