Crossovers between superconducting symmetry classes
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
2012-10-11 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Superconductivity
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We study the average density of states in a small metallic grain coupled to two superconductors with the phase difference , in a magnetic field. The spectrum of the low-energy excitations in the grain is described by the random matrix theory whose symmetry depends on the magnetic field strength and coupling to the superconductors. In the limiting cases, a pure superconducting symmetry class is realized. For intermediate magnetic fields or couplings to the superconductors, the system experiences a crossover between different symmetry classes. With the help of the supersymmetric sigma-model we derive the exact expressions for the average density of states in the crossovers between the symmetry classes A-C and CI-C.
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@article{arxiv.1106.3863,
title = {Crossovers between superconducting symmetry classes},
author = {V. A. Koziy and M. A. Skvortsov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.3863},
year = {2012}
}
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6 pages