On the slow decay of \(O(2)\) correlations in the absence of topological excitations: Remark on the Patrascioiu-Seiler model

DOI10.1007/BF02186846zbMath0838.60096MaRDI QIDQ1906414

Michael Aizenman

Publication date: 19 March 1996

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

topological charges; Fortuin-Kasteleyn representation; decay of correlations; Kosterlitz-Thouless transition; continuous symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

60K40: Other physical applications of random processes

82C10: Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general)

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