Phase transitions as topology changes in configuration space: an exact result

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The phase transition in the mean-field XY model is shown analytically to be related to a topological change in its configuration space. Such a topology change is completely described by means of Morse theory allowing a computation of the Euler characteristic--of suitable submanifolds of configuration space--which shows a sharp discontinuity at the phase transition point, also at finite N. The present analytic result provides, with previous work, a new key to a possible connection of topological changes in configuration space as the origin of phase transitions in a variety of systems.
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Statistical Mechanics

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/99428

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https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0104267
 http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0104267
 Phys. Rev. E 65, 036112 (2002)
 doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.65.036112

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