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a phase transition in two-dimensional systems driven by the binding and unbinding of vortex pairs, without conventional long-range order.

In statistical physics, Kosterlitz-Thouless transition refers to a phase transition in two-dimensional systems driven by the binding and unbinding of vortex pairs, without conventional long-range order. This meaning comes from Kosterlitz (1973) in Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics.[1]

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Kosterlitz, J. M., & Thouless, D. J. (1973). Ordering, metastability and phase transitions in two-dimensional systems. Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 6(7), 1181-1203. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/6/7/010

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