Kosterlitz-Thouless theory

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kosterlitz-Thouless_theory
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf physical phenomenon
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:XY_model
two-dimensional systems
superfluid films
thin superconducting films
gptkbp:describes phase transition
topological phase transition
gptkbp:explains topological order
absence of conventional long-range order in 2D systems
gptkbp:field condensed matter physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kosterlitz-Thouless theory
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:quantum_Hall_effect
topological insulators
superfluidity in 2D systems
gptkbp:mathematicalConcepts renormalization group
vortices
topological defects
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear gptkb:2016_Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:predicts vortex-antivortex unbinding
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:J._Michael_Kosterlitz
gptkb:David_J._Thouless
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless_theory
gptkb:Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless_transition
gptkbp:temperature Kosterlitz-Thouless transition temperature
gptkbp:yearProposed 1973
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:infinite-order_phase_transition
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8