Disorder driven destruction of a phase transition in a superconductor
Superconductivity
2009-10-30 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We investigate the effects of disorder on a layered superconductor. The clean system is known to have a first order phase transition which is clearly identified by a sharp peak in the specific heat. The peak is lost abruptly as the strength of the disorder is increased. Hence, for strong disorder there is no phase transition as a function of temperature but merely a crossover which is still detectable in the IV characteristic.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9705271,
title = {Disorder driven destruction of a phase transition in a superconductor},
author = {N. K. Wilkin and Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9705271},
year = {2009}
}
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3 pages REVTeX , 5 figures