Infinite Susceptibility Without Long-Range Order: The Two-Dimensional Harmonic "Solid"

3 July 1967

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 19 (1), 20-22
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.19.20

Abstract

It is pointed out that the classical two-dimensional harmonic "solid" exhibits an infinite generalized susceptibility at low temperature, although there is no long-range order and no phase transition.

Keywords

LONG RANGE ORDER
INFINITE
SUSCEPTIBILITY WITHOUT LONG
HARMONIC
PHASE TRANSITION
CLASSICAL TWO
NO LONG

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