Reply to "Incommensurate vortices and phase transitions in two-dimensional XY models with interaction having auxiliary minima" by S. E. Korshunov

G. A. Canova, F. C. Poderoso, J. J. Arenzon +1

We present a rigorous proof and extensive numerical simulations showing the existence of a transition between the paramagnetic and nematic phases, in a class of generalized XY mode…