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Critical phenomena at low temperature

Guenter Ahlers*

Guenter Ahlers*

  • Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974

  • *Present address: Dept. of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106.
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Rev. Mod. Phys. 52, 489 – Published 1 April, 1980

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.52.489

Abstract

This paper is a subjective review of experimental progress in the field of continuous phase transitions over the last decade or so, and is based primarily upon the author's own work and experiences in the field.

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