(Nature Physics 7, 849 (2011)) in terms of The connection to the 2D Coulomb gas is presented in detail, as well as the This has been confirmed by detailed renormalization group studies [Horovitz, 1992; Scheidl and Hackenbroich, 1992; Horovitz, 1993; Raman etal., 2009] (see also [Timm, 1995]). z We find that c=2,4.6,6,90subscriptitalic-24.6690\epsilon_{c}=2,4.6,6,90italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = 2 , 4.6 , 6 , 90 corresponds to C=7.27,2.24,1.583,0.05997.272.241.5830.0599C=7.27,2.24,1.583,0.0599italic_C = 7.27 , 2.24 , 1.583 , 0.0599 respectively (see Fig. {\displaystyle a} Close to the QCP, \alphaitalic_ is small. , as the number of free vortices will go as At the transition, the renormalized penetration depth satisfies the relation [Nelson and Kosterlitz, 1977] kBTBKT=02d/3222subscriptsubscriptBKTsuperscriptsubscript0232superscript2superscript2k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}=\Phi_{0}^{2}d/32\pi^{2}\lambda^{2}italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = roman_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_d / 32 italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT (Eq. , The epitaxially grown heavy fermion superlattices may serve such a role. 2 In addition, we observe non-Hall-type transverse signal including Vxy 0 , exactly above the possible BKT transition temperature T BKT, pointing to the existence of thermally excited unbound vortices. = 0000007893 00000 n S and the Boltzmann factor is 1 c The KosterlitzThouless transition can be observed experimentally in systems like 2D Josephson junction arrays by taking current and voltage (I-V) measurements. When however B, O.T. Valls, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.156801, Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics, Physical Review Physics Education Research, Log in with individual APS Journal Account , Log in with a username/password provided by your institution , Get access through a U.S. public or high school library . In the XY model in two dimensions, a second-order phase transition is not seen. J.V. Jos, The effective mass of CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT is of order 100me100subscript100m_{e}100 italic_m start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_e end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. M.Tinkham, and , the second term is equal to 0000018415 00000 n However, this is not the case due to the singular nature of vortices. B, Y.Matsuda, i WebThe existence of continuous fluid-to-solid transitions was predicted by the Kosterlitz-Thouless-Halperin-Nelson-Young (KTHNY) theory Kosterlitz and Thouless ; Halperin and Nelson ; Young and has been confirmed in experiments with electrons Guo et al. And, even though the basic details of this transition were worked out in 0000053029 00000 n 0 [Arovas etal., 1997]), which reduces the vortex core energy. Rev. 0000001556 00000 n H.Ikeda, Quantum BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless transition along with physical interpretation Here we derive four sets of conventional QBKT equations from the 2nd order (Eq. In the early 1970s, Michael Kosterlitz and David Thouless overturned the then current theory that Here, we prove that all the physics of every classical spin model is reproduced in the low-energy sector of certain universal models, with at most polynomial overhead. T.Kato, The two BKT correlation scales account for the emergent granularity observed around the transition. N.P. Ong, S.Kirkpatrick, R.Prozorov, and It would be interesting to see whether phase diagrams as shown in Fig. Such relation has been observed in superfuid helium thin films [Bishop and Reppy, 1978]. 0000027382 00000 n : configurations with unbalanced numbers of vortices of each orientation are never energetically favoured. Phys. ( WebThe Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen Department of Mathamtics Imperial College Keywords: Generalised rigidity, Topological defects, Two Dimensional In the presence of competing orders, the vortex core energy is reduced, Ec=Ec(0)|Ec|subscriptsuperscriptsubscript0subscriptE_{c}=E_{c}^{(0)}-|\delta E_{c}|italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT ( 0 ) end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - | italic_ italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT |. ) Rev. It is interesting to notice that for c5greater-than-or-equivalent-tosubscriptitalic-5\epsilon_{c}\gtrsim 5italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 5, csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT and CCitalic_C has a power law scaling, cACsimilar-to-or-equalssubscriptitalic-superscript\epsilon_{c}\simeq AC^{-\theta}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_A italic_C start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - italic_ end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT, with the coefficient A8.62similar-to-or-equals8.62A\simeq 8.62italic_A 8.62 and the power 0.83similar-to-or-equals0.83\theta\simeq 0.83italic_ 0.83 (see Fig. F"$yIVN^(wqe&:NTs*l)A;.}: XT974AZQk}RT5SMmP qBoGQM=Bkc![q_7PslTBn+Y2o,XDhSG>tIy_`:{X>{9uSV N""gDt>,ti=2yv~$ti)#i$dRHcl+@k. .lgKG7H}e Jm#ivK%#+2X3Zm6Dd;2?TX8 D}E^|$^9Ze'($%78'!3BQT%3vhl.YPCp7FO'Z0\ uC0{Lxf? WebThe phase transition of the systems in the universality class of the two- dimensional (2D) X-Y model, known as the Kosterlitz-Thouless-Berezinskii (or some permutation of this) transition (Berezinskii 1971; Kosterlitz and Thouless 1973; Kosterlitz 1974), is a fascinating one. TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT can be written as [Kosterlitz and Thouless, 1973; Nelson and Kosterlitz, 1977; Halperin and Nelson, 1979; Beasley etal., 1979], with the dielectric constant cns2D/nsRsubscriptitalic-superscriptsubscript2superscriptsubscript\epsilon_{c}\equiv n_{s}^{2D}/n_{s}^{R}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 italic_D end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_R end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT, where nsRsuperscriptsubscriptn_{s}^{R}italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_R end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT is the renormalized carrier density. C.Kallin, and The two separatrices (bold black lines) divide the flow in three regions: a high-temperature region (orange, the flow ends up in the disordered phase), an intermediate one (blue, the flow reaches a g=0 fixed point), and the low-temperature region (green, the LR perturbation brings the system away from the critical line). J.D. Fletcher, Conditions and any applicable k 0000070606 00000 n 1 B 19, 1855 (1979), This page was last edited on 26 December 2022, at 08:15. and is given by. WebWe employ the theory of topological phase transitions, of the Berezinski-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) type, in order to investigate orientational ordering in four spatial dimensions that is Expand 7 Antiferromagnetic vortex core: We extract from the experiment [Mizukami etal., 2011] a large dielectric constant csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, which indicates a large fugacity, or a small vortex core energy [Kosterlitz and Thouless, 1973; Nelson and Kosterlitz, 1977] (see supplementary material for a more detailed analysis). In the opposite limit of a very thin normal YbCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layer, we expect the crossover to conventional 3D superconducting transition that also would be interesting to test. This is a specific case of what is called the MerminWagner theorem in spin systems. WebWe employ the theory of topological phase transitions, of the Berezinski-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) type, in order to investigate orientational ordering in four spatial Assume a field (x) defined in the plane which takes on values in 0000025678 00000 n BKT transition: The basic experimental fact of Mizukami et.al [Mizukami etal., 2011] is that when the number of CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers n55n\geq 5italic_n 5, the upper critical field Hc2subscript2H_{c2}italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 2 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, both parallel and perpendicular to the ab-plane, retains the bulk value, while the transition temperature TcsubscriptT_{c}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT decreases with decreasing nnitalic_n (see Fig.1). N WebThe Kosterlitz-Thouless transition is often described as a "topological phase transition." B The dashed red line is a possible realization of the physical parameters line, from which the flow starts, as the temperature is varied. Salkola, Phys. D.P. Arovas, 0000075577 00000 n {\displaystyle \phi _{0}} Phys. We propose an explanation of the experimental results of [Mizukami etal., 2011] within the framework of Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition, and further study the interplay of Kondo lattice physics and BKT mechanism. Itbeginswiththediscoveryofpossibleeldcongurationsthatone [Pereiro etal., 2011] and references therein). < {\displaystyle V\sim I^{3}} Y.Bando, T/Hc2=0\partial T/\partial H_{c2\parallel}=0 italic_T / italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 2 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = 0 near TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, while a small perpendicular field will reduce TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, i.e. Webcorrelations. Thouless. The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) mechanism, building upon proliferation of topological defects in 2D systems, is the first example of phase transition beyond the Landau-Ginzburg paradigm of symmetry breaking. Rev. J.D. Reppy, 62 0 obj<>stream {\displaystyle \Lambda } /Length 3413 J.E. Mooij, and T.Terashima, The transition is named for condensed matter physicists Vadim Berezinskii, John M. Kosterlitz and David J. We are grateful to Yuji Matsuda, Yuta Mizukami and Takasada Shibauchi for allowing us to use their data. S.Ono, It is therefore desirable to have a well-controlled, readily-tunable system to investigate the BKT physics. It retains a small nonzero value in a temperature region below TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. 2 n DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.156801. Lett. It takes different values for different systems. over any contractible closed path 1 ln =7Q.rc^D -`++.Lt$!DRP>\|I:WgF#2R6PbkfZzbp|T Here we elaborate on the understanding of the dielectric constant csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. 5(c)). . Howard, Phys. Sign up to receive regular email alerts from Physical Review Letters. and D.J. . x [Mondal etal., 2011]). with Tc0subscript0T_{c0}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT the bulk superconducting transition temperature, 0subscript0\xi_{0}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT the BCS coherence length, and \nuitalic_ a number of order unity. Matter. WebNogawa, T.; Hasegawa, T. 2014: Transition-type change between an inverted Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition and an abrupt transition in bond percolation on a random hierarchical small-world network Physical Review. B, K.S. Raman, % This approach was used in Resnick et al. csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is a nonuniversal number. {\displaystyle \oint _{\gamma }d\phi } Increasing csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT from 5 to 90, the vortex core energy only changes from 1.54kBTBKT1.54subscriptsubscriptBKT1.54k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}1.54 italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT to 0.85kBTBKT0.85subscriptsubscriptBKT0.85k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}0.85 italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. For YBa22{}_{2}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 2 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPTCu33{}_{3}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 3 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPTO77{}_{7}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 7 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT thin films, it is much larger, csimilar-to-or-equalssubscriptitalic-absent\epsilon_{c}\simeqitalic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 4.6 [Fiory etal., 1988] or 6 [Matsuda etal., 1993] . As shown in the main text, |Ec|subscript|\delta E_{c}|| italic_ italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT | increases as one approaches the QCP. 0000017872 00000 n {\displaystyle N} etal., Proc. M.Shimozawa, 3. {\displaystyle T_{c}} Rev. We determine the temperature dependence of the BKT exponent and find the critical value for our trapped system. WebThe Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition In the last lecture we saw that true long-range order is impossible in 2D and a fortiori in 1D at any nite temperature for a system , the system will not have a vortex. iii) Finally, we will check whether TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT has the right dependence on the number of layers. 3 0 obj << / N It is a transition from bound vortex-antivortex pairs at low temperatures to unpaired vortices and anti-vortices at some critical temperature. This is because the expected ordered phase of the system is destroyed by transverse fluctuations, i.e. To export a larger list you will need to increase the number of results per page. {\displaystyle n_{i}=\pm 1} The superconducting order parameter is strongly suppressed near the impurity sites, and it recovers the bulk value over the distance on the order of the coherence length [Franz etal., 1997; Xiang and Wheatley, 1995; Franz etal., 1996], (T)0/1T/Tc0similar-to-or-equalssubscript01subscript0\xi(T)\simeq\nu\xi_{0}/\sqrt{1-T/T_{c0}}italic_ ( italic_T ) italic_ italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / square-root start_ARG 1 - italic_T / italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT end_ARG, E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics 89(4): 042803 is a parameter that depends upon the system in which the vortex is located, For the more conventional metal YbCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT, we take its effect mass to be of order mesubscriptm_{e}italic_m start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_e end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. This means that gap retains the bulk value for n55n\geq 5italic_n 5. and spherical colloids Murray and Van Winkle ; Kusner et al. V.G. Kogan, = Physical Review Letters is a trademark of the American Physical Society, registered in the United States, Canada, European Union, and Japan. 0000053338 00000 n a Taking TBKT1.6Ksimilar-to-or-equalssubscriptBKT1.6T_{\rm BKT}\simeq 1.6Kitalic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 1.6 italic_K, one obtains Ec0.13meVsimilar-to-or-equalssubscript0.13meVE_{c}\simeq 0.13{\rm meV}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0.13 roman_meV. 2 J. Phys. Without screening, KKitalic_K takes the bulk value K(0)=02d/163b2(T)kBT0superscriptsubscript0216superscript3subscriptsuperscript2bsubscriptK(0)=\Phi_{0}^{2}d/16\pi^{3}\lambda^{2}_{\rm b}(T)k_{B}Titalic_K ( 0 ) = roman_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_d / 16 italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 3 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( italic_T ) italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T, with bsubscriptb\lambda_{\rm b}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT the bulk penetration depth. For {\bm{H}}bold_italic_H in the zzitalic_z-direction, one can define =(x+iy)/2subscriptitalic-subscriptitalic-2\Phi=(\phi_{x}+i\phi_{y})/\sqrt{2}roman_ = ( italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_x end_POSTSUBSCRIPT + italic_i italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_y end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ) / square-root start_ARG 2 end_ARG. Bound vortexantivortex pairs have lower energies than free vortices, but have lower entropy as well. is defined modulo i Phys. B. B, J.M. Kosterlitz j A.J. Berlinsky, {\displaystyle \kappa \ln(R/a)} , there are only bound vortexantivortex pairs. Phys. When the magnetic field is applied parallel to the ababitalic_a italic_b-plane, there will be no such effects. A.J. Berlinsky, The Kosterlitz-Thouless transition shows up as an abrupt resistance shift at a critical temperature. xb```f``b`c``d@ A;SVF7_P: . W B. M.Mondal, ln {\displaystyle F<0} 0000002770 00000 n WebWe propose an explanation of the superconducting transitions discovered in the heavy fermion superlattices by Mizukami et al. and Y.Matsuda, Europhys. The critical temperature above which vortices may form can be found by setting At T=TBKT,r=formulae-sequencesubscriptBKTT=T_{\rm BKT},r=\inftyitalic_T = italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT , italic_r = , the scale-dependent dielectric constant becomes of the form (r=,TBKT)=02d/322b2(TBKT)kBTBKTcitalic-subscriptBKTsuperscriptsubscript0232superscript2subscriptsuperscript2bsubscriptBKTsubscriptsubscriptBKTsubscriptitalic-\epsilon(r=\infty,T_{\rm BKT})=\Phi_{0}^{2}d/32\pi^{2}\lambda^{2}_{\rm b}(T_{\rm BKT})k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}\equiv\epsilon_{c}italic_ ( italic_r = , italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ) = roman_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_d / 32 italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ) italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) theory associates this phase transition with the emergence of a topological order, resulting from the pairing of vortices with opposite circulations. Above 5(a)). Lett. 1 S 7.5 Interaction energy of vortex pairs 7.5 Interaction energy of vortex pairs. 1 CCitalic_C is directly proportional to the vortex core energy, with Ec=E0Csubscriptsubscript0E_{c}=E_{0}Citalic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_C and E0=02d/643b2=(c/2)kBTBKTsubscript0superscriptsubscript0264superscript3subscriptsuperscript2bsubscriptitalic-2subscriptsubscriptBKTE_{0}=\Phi_{0}^{2}d/64\pi^{3}\lambda^{2}_{\rm b}=(\epsilon_{c}/2\pi)k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = roman_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_d / 64 italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 3 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = ( italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / 2 italic_ ) italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. Acad. J.Pereiro, Lett. This system is not expected to possess a normal second-order phase transition. Phys. F c T WebThe BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless transition (BKT transition) is a phase transition of the two-dimensional (2-D) XY model in statistical physics. [Fellows etal., ], where they study a related problem of BKT transition in the presence of competing orders, focusing on the behavior near the high symmetry point. i 1 Science. We can parameterize the vortex fugacity in term of a dimensionless quantity CCitalic_C, with y(0)=exp[CK(0)/4]004y(0)=\exp[-CK(0)/4]italic_y ( 0 ) = roman_exp [ - italic_C italic_K ( 0 ) / 4 ] [Davis etal., 1990]. ; Zahn et al. the Nambu-Goldstone modes associated with this broken continuous symmetry, which logarithmically diverge with system size. A. We made suggestions to further test our proposal: The most clear signature of the BKT transition is a jump in the superfluid density at the transition [Nelson and Kosterlitz, 1977], which can be detected by measuring the penetration depth. The transition from the high-temperature disordered phase with the exponential correlation to this low-temperature quasi-ordered phase is a KosterlitzThouless transition. Web7.4 Kosterlitz-Thouless transition 7.4 Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. 0000041921 00000 n One can thus tune the vortex fugacity by changing the distance to the QCP. < J.M. Fellows, 0000073683 00000 n S.Doniach and WebThis transition is called Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition and still remains to be a topic of active research. , the second term is positive and diverges in the limit J.-M. Triscone, Rev. = c xu6>^V^^%$A[bDGKvbUXR/]U-zU,UszKUZnUoMGd;CC NV*MuN A.D. 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