The Role of Vortex Strings in the Three-dimensional 0(2) Model

Jun 16, 1986
18 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 57 (1986) 1358
Report number:
  • ITP-SB-86-47

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Abstract: (APS)
Using Monte Carlo techniques, we show that vortex strings are responsible for the phase transition in the three-dimensional planar model. The phase structure for a generalized planar model with vortex suppression is determined. This latter model has the unusual feature of long-range order in a ground state with finite, disordering entropy.
  • LATTICE FIELD THEORY: THREE-DIMENSIONAL
  • FIELD THEORY: VORTEX
  • LATTICE FIELD THEORY: CRITICAL PHENOMENA
  • SYMMETRY: O(2)
  • NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS: MONTE CARLO