Devil's Stairs and the Commensurate-Commensurate Transitions in CeSb

J. von Boehm, Per Bak

Physical Review Letters · 1979 · 207 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

We have analyzed a simple model of a periodically modulated magnetic system. The phase diagram includes multiple phase transitions between commensurate phases, similar to those observed in CeSb. We argue that our model, and CeSb, are possible candidates for the "devil's stairs" behavior.

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