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Phase Ordering of 2D XY Systems Below T_{KT}

Condensed Matter 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

We consider quenches in non-conserved two-dimensional XY systems between any two temperatures below the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. The evolving systems are defect free at coarse-grained scales, and can be exactly treated. Correlations scale with a characteristic length L(t)t1/2L(t) \propto t^{1/2} at late times. The autocorrelation decay exponent, λˉ=(ηi+ηf)/2\bar{\lambda} = (\eta_i+\eta_f)/2, depends on both the initial and the final state of the quench through the respective decay exponents of equilibrium correlations, CEQ(r)rηC_{EQ}(r) \sim r^{-\eta}. We also discuss time-dependent quenches.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9411093,
  title  = {Phase Ordering of 2D XY Systems Below T_{KT}},
  author = {A. D. Rutenberg and A. J. Bray},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9411093},
  year   = {2009}
}

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