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The '''Kosterlitz-Thouless transition''' (also known as the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) phase transition) is a [[phase transitions | phase transition]]  
The '''Kosterlitz-Thouless transition''' (also known as the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) phase transition)<ref>V. L. Berezinskii "Destruction of Long-range Order in One-dimensional and Two-dimensional Systems having a Continuous Symmetry Group I. Classical Systems", Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics '''32''' pp. 493 (1971)</ref>
<ref>V. L. Berezinskii "Destruction of Long-range Order in One-dimensional and Two-dimensional Systems Possessing a Continuous Symmetry Group. II. Quantum Systems", Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics '''34''' pp. 610 (1972)</ref>
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/5/11/002  J. M. Kosterlitz and D. J. Thouless "Long range order and metastability in two dimensional solids and superfluids. (Application of dislocation theory)", Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics '''5''' pp. L124-L126 (1972)]</ref>
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/6/7/010  J. M. Kosterlitz and D. J. Thouless "Ordering, metastability and phase transitions in two-dimensional systems", Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics '''6''' pp. 1181-1203 (1973)]</ref> is a [[phase transitions | phase transition]]
found in the two-dimensional [[XY model]].
found in the two-dimensional [[XY model]].
==References==
==References==
#V. L. Berezinskii "DESTRUCTION OF LONG-RANGE ORDER IN ONE-DIMENSIONAL AND 2-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS HAVING A CONTINUOUS SYMMETRY GROUP 1 - CLASSICAL SYSTEMS", Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics '''32''' pp. 493 (1971)
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#V. L. Berezinskii "DESTRUCTION OF LONG-RANGE ORDER IN ONE-DIMENSIONAL AND 2-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS POSSESSING A CONTINUOUS SYMMETRY GROUP .2. QUANTUM SYSTEMS", Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics '''34''' pp. 610 (1972)
;Related reading
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/5/11/002  J. M. Kosterlitz and D. J. Thouless "Long range order and metastability in two dimensional solids and superfluids. (Application of dislocation theory)", Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics '''5''' pp. L124-L126 (1972)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.41.121    B. I. Halperin and David R. Nelson "Theory of Two-Dimensional Melting", Physical  Review Letters '''41''' pp. 121-124 (1978)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/6/7/010  J. M. Kosterlitz and D. J. Thouless "Ordering, metastability and phase transitions in two-dimensional systems", Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics '''6''' pp. 1181-1203 (1973)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.19.1855  A. P. Young "Melting and the vector Coulomb gas in two dimensions",  Physical Review B '''19''' pp. 1855-1866 (1979)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.41.121    B. I. Halperin and David R. Nelson "Theory of Two-Dimensional Melting", Physical  Review Letters '''41''' pp. 121-124 (1978)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.19.2457      David R. Nelson and B. I. Halperin "Dislocation-mediated melting in two dimensions", Physical Review B '''19''' pp. 2457-2484 (1979)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.19.1855  A. P. Young "Melting and the vector Coulomb gas in two dimensions",  Physical Review B '''19''' pp. 1855-1866 (1979)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.44.463 Farid F. Abraham "Melting in Two Dimensions is First Order: An Isothermal-Isobaric Monte Carlo Study", Physical Review Letters '''44''' pp. 463-466 (1980)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.19.2457      David R. Nelson and B. I. Halperin "Dislocation-mediated melting in two dimensions", Physical Review B '''19''' pp. 2457-2484 (1979)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.23.6145 Farid F. Abraham "Two-dimensional melting, solid-state stability, and the Kosterlitz-Thouless-Feynman criterion", Physical Review B  '''23''' pp. 6145-6148 (1981)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.23.6145 Farid F. Abraham "Two-dimensional melting, solid-state stability, and the Kosterlitz-Thouless-Feynman criterion", Physical Review B  '''23''' pp. 6145-6148 (1981)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.60.161  Katherine J. Strandburg "Two-dimensional melting", Reviews of Modern Physics '''60''' pp. 161-207 (1988)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.60.161  Katherine J. Strandburg "Two-dimensional melting", Reviews of Modern Physics '''60''' pp. 161-207 (1988)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/14/9/321 Kurt Binder, Surajit Sengupta and Peter Nielaba "The liquid-solid transition of hard discs: first-order transition or Kosterlitz-Thouless-Halperin-Nelson-Young scenario?", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter '''14''' pp. 2323-2333 (2002)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/14/9/321 Kurt Binder, Surajit Sengupta and Peter Nielaba "The liquid-solid transition of hard discs: first-order transition or Kosterlitz-Thouless-Halperin-Nelson-Young scenario?", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter '''14''' pp. 2323-2333 (2002)]
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The Kosterlitz-Thouless transition (also known as the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) phase transition)[1] [2] [3] [4] is a phase transition found in the two-dimensional XY model.

References

  1. V. L. Berezinskii "Destruction of Long-range Order in One-dimensional and Two-dimensional Systems having a Continuous Symmetry Group I. Classical Systems", Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics 32 pp. 493 (1971)
  2. V. L. Berezinskii "Destruction of Long-range Order in One-dimensional and Two-dimensional Systems Possessing a Continuous Symmetry Group. II. Quantum Systems", Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics 34 pp. 610 (1972)
  3. J. M. Kosterlitz and D. J. Thouless "Long range order and metastability in two dimensional solids and superfluids. (Application of dislocation theory)", Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics 5 pp. L124-L126 (1972)
  4. J. M. Kosterlitz and D. J. Thouless "Ordering, metastability and phase transitions in two-dimensional systems", Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics 6 pp. 1181-1203 (1973)
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