Published March 24, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transitions in the six-state clock model

  • 1. Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581 (Japan)

Description

A classical 2D clock model is known to have a critical phase with Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transitions. These transitions have logarithmic corrections which make numerical analysis difficult. In order to resolve this difficulty, one of the authors has proposed a method called 'level spectroscopy', which is based on the conformal field theory. We extend this method to the multi-degenerated case. As an example, we study the classical 2D six-clock model which can be mapped to the quantum self-dual 1D six-clock model. Additionally, we confirm that the self-dual point has a precise numerical agreement with the analytical result, and we argue the degeneracy of the excitation states at the self-dual point from the effective field theoretical point of view

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/39/2953/a6_12_006.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General (ISSN 1361-6447) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
Journal Volume
39
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 2953-2964
ISSN
0305-4470
CODEN
JPHAC5

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37051308
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; CORRECTIONS; EXCITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPECTROSCOPY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICS