An effective field theory is derived for the normal metal-to-superconductor quantum phase transition at T=0. The critical behavior is determined exactly for all dimensions d>2. Although the critical exponents \beta and \nu do not exist, the usual scaling relations, properly reinterpreted, still hold. A complete scaling description of the transition is given, and the physics underlying the unusual critical behavior is discussed. Quenched disorder leads to anomalously strong T_c-fluctuations which are shown to explain the experimentally observed broadening of the transition in low-T_c thin films.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9706044,
title = {Metal-superconductor transition at zero temperature: A case of unusual scaling},
author = {T. R. Kirkpatrick and D. Belitz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9706044},
year = {2009}
}