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Line of continuous phase transitions in a three dimensional U(1) model with 1/r^2 current-current interactions

Statistical Mechanics 2015-06-04 v1

Abstract

We study a lattice model of interacting loops in three dimensions with a 1/r21/r^2 interaction. Using Monte Carlo, we find that the phase diagram contains a line of second-order phase transitions between a phase where the loops are gapped and a phase where they proliferate. The correlation length exponent and critical conductivity vary continuously along this line. Our model is exactly self-dual at a special point on the critical line, which allows us to calculate the critical conductivity exactly at this point.

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@article{arxiv.1202.0838,
  title  = {Line of continuous phase transitions in a three dimensional U(1) model with 1/r^2 current-current interactions},
  author = {Scott D. Geraedts and Olexei I. Motrunich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.0838},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

6 pages, 6 figures