Phase Transition in the Peierls Model and the Possibility of One-Dimensional Melting

Eugene B. Kolomeisky, Joseph P. Straley

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Abstract

In 1940 Peierls proposed a model for dislocations arising as a compromise between long-range elastic forces and lattice periodicity. It implies that dislocation pairs interact with a logarithmic potential. We show that the corresponding one-dimensional statistical mechanics model exhibits a physically realizable dislocation-mediated melting transition of infinite order.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2930-2933
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume76
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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