Reexamination of the nonperturbative renormalization-group approach to the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition

Abstract

We reexamine the two-dimensional linear O(2) model (${\phi }^4$ theory) in the framework of the nonperturbative renormalization-group. From the flow equations obtained in the derivative expansion to second order and with optimization of the infrared regulator, we find a transition between a high-temperature (disordered) phase and a low-temperature phase displaying a line of fixed points and algebraic order. We obtain a picture in agreement with the standard theory of the Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) transition and reproduce the universal features of the transition. In particular, we find the anomalous dimension $η(\Tkt)\simeq 0.24$ and the stiffness jump $ρ_s(\Tkt^-)\simeq 0.64$ at the transition temperature $\Tkt$, in very good agreement with the exact results $η(\Tkt)=1/4$ and $ρ_s(\Tkt^-)=2/π$, as well as an essential singularity of the correlation length in the high-temperature phase as $T\to \Tkt$.

v2) Final version as published (with revised title): 10 pages, 10 figures

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