Studies on Magnetic-field induced first-order transitions
arXiv:cond-mat/0602128 · doi:10.1007/s12043-006-0042-9
Abstract
We shall discuss magnetization and transport measurements in materials exhibiting a broad first-order transition. The phase transitions would be caused by varying magnetic field as well as by varying temperature, and we concentrate on ferromagnetic to antiferromagnetic transitions in magnetic materials. We distinguish between metastable supercooled phases and metastable glassy phase.
50th Golden Jubilee Solid State Physics Symposium during Dec.5-9 (2005) in Mumbai - manuscript of Invited talk