{
  "id": "cond-mat/0101060",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2001-01-05T10:14:26.000Z",
  "updated": "2001-06-28T15:05:18.000Z",
  "title": "An alternative field theory for the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition",
  "authors": [
    "Georg Foltin"
  ],
  "comment": "final version, extended discussion, appendix added, 8 pages, no figure, uses IOP documentclass iopart",
  "journal": "J.Phys.A34:5327-5333,2001",
  "doi": "10.1088/0305-4470/34/26/303",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "We extend a Gaussian model for the internal electrical potential of a two-dimensional Coulomb gas by a non-Gaussian measure term, which singles out the physically relevant configurations of the potential. The resulting Hamiltonian, expressed as a functional of the internal potential, has a surprising large-scale limit: The additional term simply counts the number of maxima and minima of the potential. The model allows for a transparent derivation of the divergence of the correlation length upon lowering the temperature down to the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition point.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2001-06-28T15:05:18.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "alternative field theory",
      "kosterlitz-thouless transition",
      "two-dimensional coulomb gas",
      "non-gaussian measure term",
      "additional term simply counts"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 8,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 560672
    }
  }
}