The order of the metal to superconductor transition

dc.creatorMo, S.
dc.creatorHove, J.
dc.creatorSudbo, A.
dc.date2001-09-14
dc.date2001-12-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:01:13Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:01:13Z
dc.descriptionWe present results from large-scale Monte Carlo simulations on the full Ginzburg-Landau (GL) model, including fluctuations in the amplitude and the phase of the matter-field, as well as fluctuations of the non-compact gauge-field of the theory. {}From this we obtain a precise critical value of the GL parameter $\kct$ separating a first order metal to superconductor transition from a second order one, $\kct = (0.76\pm 0.04)/\sqrt{2}$. This agrees surprisingly well with earlier analytical results based on a disorder theory of the superconductor to metal transition, where the value $\kct=0.798/\sqrt{2}$ was obtained. To achieve this, we have done careful infinite volume and continuum limit extrapolations. In addition we offer a novel interpretation of $\kct$, namely that it is also the value separating \typeI and \typeII behaviour.<
dc.descriptionMinor corrections, present version accepted for publication in PRB
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0109260
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0109260
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.B65:104501,2002
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevB.65.104501
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/207027
dc.subjectSuperconductivity
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Lattice
dc.titleThe order of the metal to superconductor transition
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