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Symmetry 2010, 2, 40 - 68; doi:10.3390/sym2010040
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Systems with Symmetry Breaking and Restoration
Vyacheslav I. Yukalov
Bogolubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research,
Dubna 141980, Russia; E-Mail: yukalov@theor.jinr.ru, Tel.: 7 (496) 216-3947; 7 (496) 213-3824
Received: 15 December 2009 / Accepted: 29 December 2009 / Published: 11 January 2010
Abstract: Statistical systems, in which spontaneous symmetry breaking can be accompanied
by spontaneous local symmetry restoration, are considered. A general approach to describing
such systems is formulated, based on the notion of weighted Hilbert spaces and configuration
averaging. The approach is illustrated by the example of a ferroelectric with mesoscopic
fluctuations of paraelectric phase. The influence of the local symmetry restoration on the
system characteristics, such as sound velocity and Debye-Waller factor, is discussed.
Keywords: spontaneous symmetry breaking; spontaneous symmetry restoration; weighted
Hilbert spaces; ferroelectric-paraelectric phase transition, relaxor ferroelectrics
Classification: PACS 05.30.Ch, 05.70.Ce, 05.70.Fh, 05.70.Jk, 77.22.Ej, 77.80.Jk
1. Introduction
It is generally accepted that phase transitions are related to symmetry changes, so that the transfor-
mation from a disordered to an ordered phase is accompanied by spontaneous symmetry breaking [ 1–3].
There also exist more complicated cases, when the symmetry, being broken in the major part of
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