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Comment on `Six-state clock model on the square lattice: Fisher zero approach with Wang-Landau sampling'

Statistical Mechanics 2015-05-19 v1

Abstract

Hwang in [Phys. Rev. E 80, 042103 (2009)] suggested that the two transitions of the six-state clock model on the square lattice are not of the Kosterlitz-Thouless type. Here we show from simulations thatat the upper transition, the helicity modulus does make a discontinuous jump to zero. This gives strong evidence for a Kosterlitz-Thouless transition.

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@article{arxiv.1005.4836,
  title  = {Comment on `Six-state clock model on the square lattice: Fisher zero approach with Wang-Landau sampling'},
  author = {Seung Ki Baek and Petter Minnhagen and Beom Jun Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.4836},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures