Abstract

We study the classical statistical mechanics of the plane rotator, and show that there is a unique translation invariant equilibrium state in zero external field, if there is no spontaneous magnetization. Moreover, this state is then extremal in the equilibrium states. In particular there is a unique phase for the two dimensional rotator, and a unique phase for the three dimensional rotator above the critical temperature. It is also shown that there is a unique equilibrium state in a sufficiently large external field.

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