ISSN:
1572-9613
Keywords:
Two-dimensional one-component plasma
;
Mermin argument
;
crystalline order, fluid
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract We consider the two-dimensional classical jellium with periodic boundary conditions and with translation invariance broken by an external periodic localizing one-body potential. Using a refinement of Mermin's argument, we show that a symmetry breakdown of translation invariance (appearance of a crystalline phase with positional long-range order) does not occur, if the correlation functionh(r) decays faster than 1/r 2 asr→∞.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01770361
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