Phase Transitions In Two Planar Lattice Models And Topological Defects: A Monte Carlo Study
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Monte Carlo simulation has been performed in the planar P(_{2}) and P(_{4}) models to investigate the effects of the suppression of topological defects on the phase transition exhibited by these models. Suppression of the 1/2-defects on the square plaquettes in the P(_{2}) model leads to complete elimination of the phase transition observed in this model. However in the P(_{4}) model, on suppressing the single 1/2-defects on square plaquettes, the otherwise first order phase transition changes to a second order one which occurs at a higher temperature and this is due to presence of large number of 1/2-pair defects which are left within the square plaquettes. When we suppressed these charges too, complete elimination of phase transition was observed.
Related work has been presented in 22 nd International Conference on Statistical Physics, STATPHYS22, IISC Bangalore, India
Related work has been presented in 22 nd International Conference on Statistical Physics, STATPHYS22, IISC Bangalore, India