 Phase-difference variance (source code)

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= Phase-difference variance

For a Gaussian phase field of stiffness $\rho_s$,
$$
\langle[\theta(x)-\theta(0)]^2\rangle
=\frac2{\rho_s}\int\frac{d^dk}{(2\pi)^d}\frac{1-\cos(k\cdot x)}{k^2}.
$$
Its infrared divergence rules out conventional long-range order in dimensions at or below two.

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