PHASE-TRANSITION IN ONE-DIMENSIONAL LATTICE GAUGE-THEORIES

Authors
Citation
M. Khorrami, PHASE-TRANSITION IN ONE-DIMENSIONAL LATTICE GAUGE-THEORIES, International journal of theoretical physics, 35(3), 1996, pp. 557-567
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
ISSN journal
00207748
Volume
35
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
557 - 567
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7748(1996)35:3<557:PIOLG>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Considering one-dimensional nonminimally coupled lattice gauge theorie s, a class of nonlocal one-dimensional systems is presented which exhi bits a phase transition. It is shown that the transition has a latent heat, and therefore is a first-order phase transition.