Kosterlitz-Thouless and Manning Condensation
arXiv:cond-mat/9802154 · doi:10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00168-X
Abstract
A comparison between the Kosterlitz-Thouless theory of metal insulator transition in a two dimensional plasma and a counterion condensation in a polyelectrolyte solution is made. It is demonstrated that, unlike some of the recent suggestions, the counterion condensation and the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition are distinct.
3 pages, uses multicol.sty, accepted to Physica A
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