Role of pointlike topological excitations at criticality: From vortices to global monopoles

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Antunes, Nuno D ^a   Bettencourt, Luís M A ^b   Kunz, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL SYMMETRIES; INTERACTION ENERGY; KOSTERLITZ-THOULESS (KT) TRANSITION; LONG-RANEG DISORDERS; POINTLIKE TOPOLOGICAL EXCITATIONS;

FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMODYNAMICS; VECTORS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 37649026468     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.066117     Document Type: Article

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