Non-Kosterlitz-Thouless transitions for the $q$-state clock models

Details Non-Kosterlitz-Thouless transitions for the $q$-state clock models Non-Kosterlitz-Thouless transitions for the $q$-state clock models

2010-09-02

arxiv.org/abs/1009.0356v1

Phys. Rev. E 82, 031102 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

11 pages, 17 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.82.031102

The $q$-state clock model with the cosine potential has a single phase transition for $q\leq4$ and two transitions for $q\geq5$. It is shown by Monte Carlo simulations that the helicity modulus for the five-state clock model ($q=5$) does not vanish at the high-temperature transition. This is in contrast to the clock models with $q\geq6$ for which the helicity modulus vanishes. This means that the transition for the five-state clock model differs from the Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) transition. It is also shown that this change in the transition is caused by an interplay between the number of angular directions and the interaction potential: by slightly modifying the interaction potential, the KT transition for $q=6$ turns into the same non-KT transition. Likewise, the KT transition is recovered for $q=5$ when the Villain potential is used. Comparisons with other clock-model results are made and discussed.

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