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Mimicry of phase transitions and the large-river effect
Filippov A. E.
A recently proposed mechanism of a "minicry" of second-order phase transitions by fluctuation-induced first-order phase transitions is discussed. This mechanism is associated with the passage of phase trajectories of the renormalization group through a flow minimum. The validity of applying the exact renormalization-group equation to the problem and also the existence of the necessary flow minimum are confirmed through the use of the 'Targe-river effect," which is characteristic of nonlinear relaxation equations.
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![](/ps/1322/article_19996_800_head.png "A recently proposed mechanism of a "minicry" of second-order phase transitions by fluctuation-induced first-order phase transitions is discussed. This mechanism is associated with the passage of phase trajectories of the renormalization group through a flow minimum. The validity of applying the exact renormalization-group equation to the problem and also the existence of the necessary flow minimum are confirmed through the use of the 'Targe-river effect," which is characteristic of nonlinear relaxation equations.")