Kosterlitz-Thouless universality in dimer models
Kosterlitz-Thouless universality in dimer models
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二聚体模型中的 Kosterlitz-Thouless 普遍性
DOI:
10.1103/physrevd.68.091502
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发表时间:
2003
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
C. Strouthos
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作者:
S. Chandrasekharan;C. Strouthos
Using the monomer-dimer representation of strongly coupled $U(N)$ lattice gauge theories with staggered fermions, we study finite temperature chiral phase transitions in $2+1$ dimensions. A new cluster algorithm allows us to compute monomer-monomer and dimer-dimer correlations at zero monomer density (chiral limit) accurately on large lattices. This makes it possible to show convincingly, for the first time, that these models undergo a finite temperature phase transition which belongs to the Kosterlitz-Thouless universality class. We find that the phase transition persists for all values of N, but occurs at different values of the critical temperature ${T}_{c}.$ Further, when ${T/T}_{c}$ is held fixed, the mean field analysis often used in the large N limit breaks down.