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We present the Fr\"ohlich-Spencer proof of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. Our treatment includes the proof of delocalization for the integer-valued discrete Gaussian free field at high temperature and the proof of existence…
The dynamics of a globally neutral system of diffusing Coulomb charges in two dimensions, driven by an applied electric field, is studied in a wide temperature range around the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. I argue that the…
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We investigate superfluidity of bosons in gapped topological bands and discover a new phase that has no counterparts in the previous literature. This phase is characterized by a highly unconventional modulation of the order parameter,…
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