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On the phase structure of the compact abelian lattice Higgs model

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This paper studies the vacuum overlap order parameter proposed by Fredenhagen and Marcu in the case of the compactU(1) gauge model with the Wilson action coupled to a Higgs field with fixed length |ϕ|=1. The existence of two distinct phases inD space-time dimensions (D≥4) is established.

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Barata, J.C.A. On the phase structure of the compact abelian lattice Higgs model. Commun.Math. Phys. 129, 511–523 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02097103

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