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Latent heat of a temperature-dependent cubic-quartic Landau transition (L=c(1−γ)(T∗)2(ϕ∗)2)

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At an equilibrium minimum, dFmin​/dT=∂T​F because ∂ϕ​F=0. For 0<γ<1, the entropy decrease at coexistence is S0​−S+​=c(1−γ)T∗(ϕ∗)2. Multiplying by T∗ gives the positive latent heat released on cooling. The units are total heat or heat density according to the normalization of F.

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