Topological and emergent phenomena in lattice BKT systems
This thesis addresses the emergent electrostatics of two-dimensional, toroidal magnetic models that possess XY symmetry, providing a platform for novel investigations into the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) phase transition. The BKT transition drives the thermal dissociation of bound pairs of...
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University College London (University of London)
2015
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.654676 |