Disorder version of the Abelian Higgs model and the order of the superconductive phase transition
@article{Kleinert1982DisorderVO, title={Disorder version of the Abelian Higgs model and the order of the superconductive phase transition}, author={H. Kleinert}, journal={Lettere al Nuovo Cimento (1971-1985)}, year={1982}, volume={35}, pages={405-412} }
SummaryWe transform the Abelian Higgs model in three dimensions (i.e. the Grinzburg-Landau theory) to a disorder field theory. The new fields describe the grand canonical ensemble of vortex lines in the superconductor and take a nonzero expectation in the normal state (signalizing their proliferation). The disorder theory allows for a simple determination of the tricritical point where the second-order phase transition changes to first. This happens for a Grinzburg-Landau parameter (= ratio of… CONTINUE READING
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