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This text considers the discrete height functions associated with the Berezinskii--Kosterlitz--Thouless transition (BKT) at slope zero. Our main results are as follows. * Sharpness: If the model is localised, then the two-point function…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Piet Lammers

We consider the two-dimensional classical XY model on a square lattice in the thermodynamic limit using tensor renormalization group and precisely determine the critical temperature corresponding to the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT)…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2020-08-07 Raghav G. Jha

Under the duality between the two-dimensional XY model and an integer-valued height function, the BKT transition is expected to correspond to the disappearance of a corner in the surface tension; in the delocalised phase, its zero-slope…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Thibault Durand , Piet Lammers

We study the effect of a linear tunneling coupling between 2D systems, each separately exhibiting the topological Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition. In the uncoupled limit, there are two phases: one where the 1-body…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-09-11 Giacomo Bighin , Nicolò Defenu , István Nándori , Luca Salasnich , Andrea Trombettoni

We investigate the nature of the phase transition occurring in a planar XY-model spin system with dipole-dipole interactions. It is demonstrated that a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) type of phase transition always takes place at a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-05-09 A. Yu. Vasiliev , A. E. Tarkhov , L. I. Menshikov , P. O. Fedichev , Uwe R. Fischer

The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition is an archetypal example of a topological phase transition, which is driven by the proliferation of vortices. In this Letter, we analyze the persistence of the BKT transition in the XY…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-11-11 Luis Walther , Josef Willsher , Johannes Knolle

Proliferation of defects is a mechanism that allows for topological phase transitions. Such a phase transition is found in two dimensions for the XY-model, which lies in the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) universality class. The…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-01-30 Kevin T. Grosvenor , Ruben Lier , Piotr Surówka

The classical XY model has been consistently studied since it was introduced more than six decades ago. Of particular interest has been the two-dimensional spin model's exhibition of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-12-16 Brandon Willnecker , Mervlyn Moodley

We study the classical XY (plane rotator) model at the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition. We simulate the model using the single cluster algorithm on square lattices of a linear size up to L=2048.We derive the finite size behaviour of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Martin Hasenbusch

The Berezinskii--Kosterlitz--Thouless (BKT) transition of the two-dimensional $XY$ model on the honeycomb lattice is investigated using both the techniques of Neural Network (NN) and Monte Carlo simulations. It is demonstrated in the…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2024-06-24 Fu-Jiun Jiang

The Berezinskii-Kostelitz-Thouless (BKT) transition is the paradigmatic example of a topological phase transition without symmetry-breaking, where a quasi-ordered phase, characterized by a power law scaling of the correlation functions at…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-10-14 Guido Giachetti , Nicolo Defenu , Stefano Ruffo , Andrea Trombettoni

In tensor network representation, the partition function of a generalized two-dimensional XY spin model with topological integer and half-integer vortex excitations is mapped to a tensor product of one-dimensional quantum transfer operator,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-01-27 Feng-Feng Song , Guang-Ming Zhang

In a two-dimensional (2D) spin system, the XY model, characterized by planar rotational symmetry, exhibits a unique phenomenon known as the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition. In contrast, the clock model, which introduces…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-03-07 Yutaka Okabe , Hiromi Otsuka

A paradigmatic example of a phase transition taking place in the absence of symmetry-breaking is provided by the Berezinkii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition in the two-dimensional XY model. In the framework of canonical ensemble, this…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-05-30 Ghofrane Bel-Hadj-Aissa , Matteo Gori

Intriguing phases may emerge when two-dimensional systems are coupled in a bilayer configuration. In particular, a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) paired superfluid phase was predicted and claimed to be numerically observed in a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-11-14 Tianning Xiao , Youjin Deng , Xiao-Yu Dong

In statistical physics, the XY model in two dimensions provides the paradigmatic example of phase transitions mediated by topological defects (vortices). Over the years, a variety of analytical and numerical methods have been deployed in an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ralph Kenna

We consider the classical XY model (O(2) nonlinear sigma-model) on a class of lattices with the (fractal) dimensions 1<D<2. The Berezinskii's harmonic approximation suggests that the model undergoes a phase transition in which the low…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-30 Tohru Koma , Hal Tasaki

The 2d XY model exhibits an essential phase transition, which was predicted long ago --- by Berezinskii, Kosterlitz and Thouless (BKT) --- to be driven by the (un)binding of vortex--anti-vortex pairs. This transition has been confirmed for…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2015-06-16 Wolfgang Bietenholz , Urs Gerber , Fernando G. Rejón-Barrera

Using elementary methods we obtain a power-law lower bound on the two-point function of the planar XY spin model at low temperatures. This was famously first rigorously obtained by Fr\"{o}hlich and Spencer and establishes a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-11-30 Diederik van Engelenburg , Marcin Lis

The aim of this paper is to illustrate that generalized two-dimensional XY models (proposed by Romano and Zagrebnov) may also support a first-order phase transition. Two approaches are employed to accurately determine the critical parameter…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-10-02 P. A. da Silva , R. J. Campos-Lopes , A. R. Pereira
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