Different perspective of the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition

Journal Article · Mon Mar 07 04:00:00 EST 1988 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.875· OSTI ID:5290060

Patrascioiu, A; Seiler, E

A heuristic argument predicting the existence and critical temperature of a phase transition in the Coulomb gas in any dimensionality D>1 is advanced. Numerical simulations are reported, corroborating these predictions in two and three dimensions. They lead to an interpretation of the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, different from the standard one, of dipole dissociation. In three dimensions, the transition is interpreted as the first-order liquid-gas one, across which the density is discontinuous.

• Research Organization: Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
• OSTI ID: 5290060
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 60:10; ISSN PRLTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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