Date of Award
8-1992
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Physics
First Advisor
Dr. Sung G. Chung
Second Advisor
Dr. A. S. Rosenthal
Third Advisor
Dr. M. Soga
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
W ith the complex continuation method, introduced by Gupta and Sutherland (1976), the grand partition function for the sine-Gordon model of charge density waves may be calculated without violation of charge conservation. Contrary to previous works by Okwamoto, Takayama and Shiba (1979) and Turkevich and Doniach (1982) the chemical potential becomes temperature dependent. By direct comparison of numerical results with those of the above mentioned authors it is shown that the incommensurate-commensurate transition does not occur in the previously predicted temperature range.
Recommended Citation
Kastrup, Jörg, "Charge Conservation in the Incommensurate-Commensurate Transition of Charge Density Waves" (1992). Masters Theses. 869.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/869