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Title: Third Law of Thermodynamics and The Shape of the Phase Diagram for Systems With a First-Order Quantum Phase Transition
NSF-PAR ID:
10007391
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
American Physical Society
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Volume:
115
Issue:
2
ISSN:
0031-9007
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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