Order by disorder, without order, in a two-dimensional spin system with O(2) symmetry

Annales Henri Poincare

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1181-1205

  Biskup, Marek ^a   Chayes, Lincoln ^a   Kivelson, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 11944272154     PISSN: 14240637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00023-004-0196-2     Document Type: Article

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