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We study the high-temperature phase of compact U(1) gauge theory in 2 + 1 dimensions, comparing the results of lattice calculations with analytical predictions from the conformal-field-theory description of the low-temperature phase of the bidimensional XY model. We focus on the two-point correlation functions of probe charges and the field-strength operator, finding excellent quantitative agreement with the functional form and the continuously varying critical indices predicted by conformal field theory.
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Caselle, M., Nada, A., Panero, M. et al. Conformal field theory and the hot phase of three-dimensional U(1) gauge theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2019, 68 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2019)068
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