Effects of disorder on the vortex charge
Superconductivity
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
We study the influence of disorder on the vortex charge, both due to random pinning of the vortices and due to scattering off non-magnetic impurities. In the case when there are no impurities present, but the vortices are randomly distributed, the effect is very small, except when two or more vortices are close by. When impurities are present, they have a noticeable effect on the vortex charge. This, together with the effect of temperature, changes appreciably the vortex charge. In the case of an attractive impurity potential the sign of the charge naturally changes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0603244,
title = {Effects of disorder on the vortex charge},
author = {J. Lages and P. D. Sacramento},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0603244},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, 16 figures. Accepted in Phys. Rev. B