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arxiv: 1405.1162 · v1 · pith:XJLAA35Nnew · submitted 2014-05-06 · ❄️ cond-mat.mtrl-sci · cond-mat.stat-mech

Necessary and sufficient condition for a disorder-broadened transition to be identified as 1st order

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Disorder-broadened 1st order transitions may not carry the experimental signature of a latent heat. We discuss what experimental observation can provide a necessary and sufficient condition for characterizing this phase transition as 1st order.

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