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Pauli-Limited Superconductivity in Small Grains

Superconductivity 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

We report on an exploration of the mean-field phase diagram for Pauli-limited superconductivity in small metallic grains. Emphasis is placed on the crossover from the ultra-small grain limit where superconductivity disappears to the bulk thin-film limit as the single-particle level spacing in the grain decreases. We find that the maximum Zeeman coupling strength compatible with superconductivity increases with decreasing grain size, in spite of a monotonically decreasing condensation energy per unit volume.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9812042,
  title  = {Pauli-Limited Superconductivity in Small Grains},
  author = {M. C. Bonsager and A. H. MacDonald},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9812042},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages of text, 6 figures

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