J. Michael Kosterlitz
University of Birmingham
1 paper in the Anchorcite directory, published in 1973, cited 9,558 times in total.
Research topics
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism · 1 paper
- Theoretical and Computational Physics · 1 paper
- Quantum many-body systems · 1 paper
Frequent co-authors
- D. J. Thouless · 1 paper
Papers
- Ordering, metastability and phase transitions in two-dimensional systemsJournal of Physics C Solid State Physics · 1973 · 9,558 citations
A new definition of order called topological order is proposed for two-dimensional systems in which no long-range order of the conventional type exists. The possibility of a phase transition characterized by a change in the response of the system to…
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