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Commensurate phases, incommensurate phases and the devil's staircase

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, , Citation P Bak 1982 Rep. Prog. Phys. 45 587 DOI 10.1088/0034-4885/45/6/001

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0034-4885/45/6/587

Abstract

Surveys recent theories on the transition between commensurate (C) and incommensurate (I) phases, and on properties of the I phase. The devil's staircase concept for the I phase is described. Differences between theories in two and three dimensions are discussed, together with those on chaotic structures.

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