TY - JOUR
T1 - Does Monte Carlo support the Kosterlitz-Thouless scenario
AU - Fucito, F.
AU - Solomon, S.
PY - 1984/1/12
Y1 - 1984/1/12
N2 - We study the mechanism of the phase transition between the disordered and the algebraic-ordered phases of the XY model. We use a modified Monte Carlo procedure which permits tunneling between configurations with different numbers of free vortices. The results are marginally compatible with the standard Monte Carlo. Our data do not match the predictions of the vortex liberation scenario for the topological susceptibility. We interpret these results as lack of support for the K-T picture.
AB - We study the mechanism of the phase transition between the disordered and the algebraic-ordered phases of the XY model. We use a modified Monte Carlo procedure which permits tunneling between configurations with different numbers of free vortices. The results are marginally compatible with the standard Monte Carlo. Our data do not match the predictions of the vortex liberation scenario for the topological susceptibility. We interpret these results as lack of support for the K-T picture.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0001396216
U2 - 10.1016/0370-2693(84)90678-6
DO - 10.1016/0370-2693(84)90678-6
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AN - SCOPUS:0001396216
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 134
SP - 235
EP - 240
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
IS - 3-4
ER -