One-sided polarization and renormalization flow in the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1843-1866

  Kupferman, Raz ^a   Chorin, Alexandre J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; TURBULENCE;

COULOMB GAS; KOSTERLITZ-THOULESS PHASE TRANSITION; RENORMALIZATION GROUP (RNG) ANALYSIS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0033349088     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139998339631     Document Type: Article

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