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We discuss some Abelian lattice gauge models of the noncompact variety, including models of relativistic and nonrelativistic plasmas. For all these models we show absence of exponential clustering for some observables in some domains in parameter space. We comment on the physical meaning of these results, in particular with respect to Debye screening of static electric charges.
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Brydges, D.C., Seiler, E. Absence of screening in certain lattice gauge and plasma models. J Stat Phys 42, 405–424 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01127718
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