Exact theory of intermediate phases in two dimensions

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2013.12.010zbMATH Open1342.81066arXiv1310.4425OpenAlexW3106209009MaRDI QIDQ530541FDOQ530541

Authors: Gesualdo Delfino, Alessio Squarcini 

Publication date: 1 August 2016

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

Abstract: We show how field theory yields the exact description of intermediate phases in the scaling limit of two-dimensional statistical systems at a first order phase transition point. The ability of a third phase to form an intermediate wetting layer or only isolated bubbles is explicitly related to the spectrum of excitations of the field theory. The order parameter profiles are determined and interface properties such as passage probabilities and internal structure are deduced from them. The theory is illustrated through the application to the q-state Potts model and Ashkin-Teller model. The latter is shown to provide the first exact solution of a bulk wetting transition.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.4425

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zbMATH Keywords

phase separationboundary statesmutually avoiding interfacespassage probabilitiesstatistical field theorywetting transition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45) Groups and algebras in quantum theory and relations with integrable systems (81R12) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

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