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Two-dimensional commensurate soliton structures

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A phase diagram of pinned soliton structures in two dimensions has been found for a repulsive interactionU(x) between solitons withU″(x)>0. The critical fugacity of the commensurate soliton structure is shown to be proportional toU″(l), wherel is the period of this structure.

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Uimin, G.V., Pokrovsky, V.L. Two-dimensional commensurate soliton structures. J Stat Phys 34, 775–780 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01009439

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