Abstract

AbstractSeveral magnetic compounds owe their properties to the particular nature of the dipole–dipole interaction. Changes induced in their structure will vary the total interaction energy in nontrivial fashions. In the present work, systems of identical particles possessing dipole moments arranged on various types of 2D structures are studied. By continuously varying a structural parameter, the state of minimum energy will favor distinct dipole configurations, giving rise to different phases. The ultimate goal is to quantitatively address the relation existing between the minimum possible energy for different systems of classic dipoles and the concomitant dipole phases that appear. The systems of dipoles considered here are studied in detail for the first time. With the exploration, new light will be shed on the existence of structural phase transitions in classical systems even at zero temperature, changes induced by the variation of a continuous parameter, and not the temperature, that resemble the ones occurring in quantum phase transitions.

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