Third law of thermodynamics and the shape of the phase diagram for systems with a first-order quantum phase transition

Abstract

The Third Law of Thermodynamics constrains the phase diagram of{systems with a first-order quantum phase transition. For zero conjugate field, the coexistence curve has an infinite slope at T=0. If a tricritical point exists at T>0, then the associated tricritical wings are perpendicular to the T=0 plane, but not to the zero-field plane. These results are based on the third law and basic thermodynamics only, and are completely general. As an explicit example we consider the ferromagnetic quantum phase transition in clean metals, where a first-order quantum phase transition is commonly observed.

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