Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1999-06-12
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
18 pages, 1 figure, modernized version
Scientific paper
The Berezinsky-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) type phase transitions in two-dimensional systems with internal abelian continuous symmetries are investigated. The necessary conditions for they can take place are: 1) conformal invariance of the kinetic part of the model action, 2) vacuum manifold must be degenerated with abelian discrete homotopy group pi_1. Then topological excitations have a logarithmically divergent energy and they can be described by effective field theories generalizing the two-dimensional euclidean sine-Gordon theory, which is an effective theory of the initial XY-model. In particular, the effective actions for the two-dimensional chiral models on maximal abelian tori T_G of simple compact groups G are found. Critical properties of possible effective theories are determined and it is shown that they are characterized by the Coxeter number h_G of lattices from the series A,D,E,Z and can be interpreted as those of conformal field theories with integer central charge C=n, where n is a rank of the groups pi_1 and G. A possibility of restoration of full symmetry group G in massive phase is also dicussed.
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