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This lecture is intended as an elementary introduction to a theory of two-dimensional melting proposed by Kosterlitz and Thouless1. Their theory is also applicable, with minor differences, to the two-dimensional planar spin model and since this is somewhat simpler we shall discuss it first.
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Young, A.P. (1980). The Kosterlitz-Thouless Theory of Two-Dimensional Melting. In: Riste, T. (eds) Ordering in Strongly Fluctuating Condensed Matter Systems. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 50. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3626-6_19
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