Kosterlitz-Thouless transition

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:phase_transition
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	KT transition
gptkbp:characterizedBy	vortex-antivortex unbinding
gptkbp:criticalBehavior	exponential correlation length divergence
gptkbp:describes	topological phase transition
gptkbp:doesNotBreak	conventional symmetry
gptkbp:field	condensed matter physics
gptkbp:firstDescribed	1973
gptkbp:form	gptkb:renormalization_group_theory
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:J._Michael_Kosterlitz gptkb:David_J._Thouless
gptkbp:NobelPrizeConnection	gptkb:2016_Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:occurredIn	two-dimensional systems
gptkbp:order	topological order
gptkbp:phaseAboveTransition	disordered phase
gptkbp:phaseBelowTransition	quasi-long-range order
gptkbp:relatedConcept	gptkb:Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless_transition
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:XY_model gptkb:Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless_theory superfluid films thin superconducting films two-dimensional melting
gptkbp:temperature	KT transition temperature
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:J._Michael_Kosterlitz
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Kosterlitz-Thouless transition