Abstract
We prove a strong form of spontaneous breaking of rotational symmetry for a simple model of two-dimensional crystals with random defects in thermal equilibrium at low temperature. The defects consist of isolated missing atoms.
Citation
Markus Heydenreich. Franz Merkl. Silke Rolles. "Spontaneous breaking of rotational symmetry in the presence of defects." Electron. J. Probab. 19 1 - 17, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1214/EJP.v19-2971
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