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Absence of a Phase Transition in a Three--Dimensional Vortex Glass Model with Screening

Condensed Matter 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

We study the gauge glass model for the vortex glass transition in type--II superconductors, including screening of the interaction between vortices. {}From the size dependence of the domain wall energy we find that, in two--dimensions, the transition is at T=0T=0 both with and without screening but the exponents are different in the two cases. In three-dimensions, we find that screening destroys the finite temperature transition found earlier when screening was neglected.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9408029,
  title  = {Absence of a Phase Transition in a Three--Dimensional Vortex Glass Model with Screening},
  author = {H. S. Bokil and A. P. Young},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9408029},
  year   = {2009}
}

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11 pages plus LaTeX with Revtex macros, 3 postscript figures, uuencoded and compresssed