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Influence of the electric field on the latent heat of the ferroelectric phase transition in KDP
The specific heat, heat flux (DTA trace) and dielectric constant of KDP
ferroelectric crystal have been measured simultaneously for various electric
fields with a conduction calorimeter. The specific heat presents a strong
anomaly but these simultaneous measurements allow us to evaluate the latent
heat accurately. Latent heat decreases with field and the value of critical
electric field --that where latent heat disappears-- is estimated to be
(0.44\pm0.03) kV/cm. Incidentally, we have measured simultaneously the
dielectric permittivity which suggests that latent heat is developed as domains
are growing.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures, ReVTeX, twocolumn format, to appear in J. Phys.
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The archaeology of the military orders: the material culture of holy war
This paper reviews the current state of research into the archaeology of the military orders. It contrasts the advances made by historians and archaeologists, with the latter continuing to focus on the particularism of individual sites, with an emphasis on architectural analyses. Historians have contributed new insights by adopting a supranational approach. This paper argues that archaeologists can build on this by adopting a more problem-oriented, comparative approach. Drawing on examples from frontier and heartland territories, archaeological approaches are subdivided into material investment, material identity and cultural landscapes, to place sites of the military orders within a long-term, multi-scalar contexts. This contributes to a broader social and economic understanding of the orders, who contributed significantly to urbanisation, rural development and trade, and invested in material expressions of their authority and ideology. The paper concludes that more holistic, inter-regional approaches will move the archaeological study of the military orders forward