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Two-dimensional multicomponent Abelian-Higgs lattice models

Statistical Mechanics 2020-02-19 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice

Abstract

We study the two-dimensional lattice multicomponent Abelian-Higgs model, which is a lattice compact U(1) gauge theory coupled with an N-component complex scalar field, characterized by a global SU(N) symmetry. In agreement with the Mermin-Wagner theorem, the model has only a disordered phase at finite temperature and a critical behavior is only observed in the zero-temperature limit. The universal features are investigated by numerical analyses of the finite-size scaling behavior in the zero-temperature limit. The results show that the renormalization-group flow of the 2D lattice N-component Abelian-Higgs model is asymptotically controlled by the infinite gauge-coupling fixed point, associated with the universality class of the 2D CP(N-1) field theory.

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@article{arxiv.1912.01315,
  title  = {Two-dimensional multicomponent Abelian-Higgs lattice models},
  author = {Claudio Bonati and Andrea Pelissetto and Ettore Vicari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.01315},
  year   = {2020}
}

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9 pages

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