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Phys. Rev. B 41, 6947–6957 (1990)

Two-dimensional Coulomb gas studied in the sine-Gordon formulation

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Guang-jiong Ni
China Center of Advanced Science and Technology (World Laboratory), P.O. Box 8730, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Theoretical Physics Branch, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada K0J 1J0
Physics Department, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
Theoretical Physics Division, Nankai Institute of Mathematics, Tianjin, 300071 China

Sen-yue Lou
Physics Department, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China

Su-qing Chen
Physics Department, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
Theoretical Physics Division, Nankai Institute of Mathematics, Tianjin, 300071 China
Department of Applied Physics and Mathematics, University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9

H. C. Lee
Theoretical Physics Branch, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada K0J 1J0
Department of Applied Physics and Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9

Received 18 September 1989; published in the issue dated 1 April 1990

Based on the sine-Gordon field-theory formulation, the two-dimensional Coulomb-gas system is studied using a Gaussian wave-functional or a Gaussian effective-potential method. In the point-charge case the results are presented analytically, and the expressions for the critical line are derived.

© 1990 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.41.6947
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.41.6947
PACS:
64.60.-i, 64.80.-v