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Deconfinement transitions in a generalised XY model
- Source :
- J.Phys.A, J.Phys.A, 2017, 50 (42), pp.424003. ⟨10.1088/1751-8121/aa89a1⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- arXiv, 2017.
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Abstract
- We find the complete phase diagram of a generalised XY model that includes half-vortices. The model possesses superfluid, pair-superfluid and disordered phases, separated by Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) transitions for both the half-vortices and ordinary vortices, as well as an Ising-type transition. There also occurs an unusual deconfining phase transition, where the disordered to superfluid transition is of Ising rather than KT type. We show by analytical arguments and extensive numerical simulations that there is a point in the phase diagram where the KT transition line meets the deconfining Ising phase transition. We find that the latter extends into the disordered phase not as a phase transition, but rather solely as a deconfinement transition. It is best understood in the dual height model, where on one side of the transition height steps are bound into pairs while on the other they are unbound. We also extend the phase diagram of the dual model, finding both O(2) loop model and antiferromagnetic Ising transitions.<br />Comment: 19 pages. v2: references added and minor changes. Appears in "John Cardy's scale-invariant journey in low dimensions: a special issue for his 70th birthday"
- Subjects :
- Statistics and Probability
Phase transition
[PHYS.MPHY]Physics [physics]/Mathematical Physics [math-ph]
General Physics and Astronomy
FOS: Physical sciences
01 natural sciences
Deconfinement
Condensed Matter::Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
010305 fluids & plasmas
Superfluidity
Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
Phase (matter)
0103 physical sciences
Antiferromagnetism
010306 general physics
Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
Mathematical Physics
Phase diagram
Physics
Condensed matter physics
Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Classical XY model
Modeling and Simulation
Ising model
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- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- J.Phys.A, J.Phys.A, 2017, 50 (42), pp.424003. ⟨10.1088/1751-8121/aa89a1⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ab1c1619506c5d687b11ae4aec3a6f50
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1706.01475