Specific heat of the two dimensional antiferroelectric squaric acid |
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Authors: | E Barth J Helwig H -D Maier H E Müser J Petersson |
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Institution: | (1) Fachbereich Physik — Technische Physik, Universität des Saarlandes, D-6600 Saarbrücken, Germany |
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Abstract: | The heat capacity of a single crystal of the two dimensional antiferroelectric squaric acid was measured particularly near the phase transition. In a wide temperature range belowT
c
a strong temperature dependence of the anomaleous specific heat is found which can be described by a critical exponent![agr](/content/l071u55972786x49/xxlarge945.gif) =0.5. The behaviour close toT
c
is determined by a latent heat thus indicating the phase transition to be of the first order. Near the phase transition the thermal behaviour can be described by a Landau type theory. The smallness of the transition entropy detected may be ascribed possibly to proton tunneling. |
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