Logarithmic Quasi-Long-Range Order and Novel Continuous Phase Transition in the Two-Dimensional $XY$ Model with $1/r^4$ Interaction
We investigate the phase diagram and critical properties of the two-dimensional classical XY model with interactions decaying as $1/r^{2+\sigma}$. At the marginal case $\sigma=2$, we show that the low-temperature phase is characterized by logarithmic quasi-long-range order (log-QLRO), where spin correlations decay as a...