Fluctuation induced first order phase transition in thin films of type I superconductors
Superconductivity
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
The effect of fluctuation induced weakly first order phase transition known for three dimensional (3D) type I superconductors appears in a modified and strongly enhanced variant in thin (quasi-2D) superconducting films. The unusual thermodynamic properties of this new type of first order phase transitions and the possibility for an experimental verification of the effect are established and discussed.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0102068,
title = {Fluctuation induced first order phase transition in thin films of type I superconductors},
author = {R. Folk and D. V. Shopova and D. I. Uzunov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0102068},
year = {2009}
}