The dipole phase in the two-dimensional hierarchical Coulomb gas: Analyticity and correlations decay

We illustrate the mechanism producing the dipole phase in a two dimensional Coulomb system by a detailed analysis of a hierarchical model. We prove the analyticity of the pressure and of the correlations for ²e²>8 (i.e. right above the usually conjectured value for the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition). We find also a power law decay for the correlations with exponent ²/2 as the hierarchical distance goes to infinity.Partially supported by Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione, Gruppo Nazionale per la Fisica Matematica del CNR and Grant A.F.O.S.R.-82-0016CPartially supported by Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione and Grant N.S.F. DMS 85-03333Partially supported by Ministera della Pubblica Istruzione