Kosterlitz-Thouless transition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kosterlitz-Thouless_transition
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf 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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kosterlitz-Thouless transition
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