An elementary proof of phase transition in the planar XY model

DOI10.1007/S00220-022-04550-3arXiv2110.09465MaRDI QIDQ6380680FDOQ6380680

Authors: Diederik van Engelenburg, Marcin Lis 

Publication date: 18 October 2021

Abstract: Using elementary methods we obtain a power-law lower bound on the two-point function of the planar XY spin model at low temperatures. This was famously first rigorously obtained by Fr"{o}hlich and Spencer and establishes a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition in the model. Our argument relies on a new loop representation of spin correlations, a recent result of Lammers on delocalisation of integer-valued height functions, and classical correlation inequalities.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX) Quantum theory (81-XX)

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