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Phase diagrams of a p-Wave superconductor inside a mesoscopic disc-shaped sample

Superconductivity 2012-10-22 v3 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We study the finite-size and boundary effects on a time-reversal-symmetry breaking p-wave superconducting state in a mesoscopic disc geometry using Ginzburg-Landau theory. We show that, for a large parameter range, the system exhibits multiple phase transitions. The superconducting transition from the normal state can also be reentrant as a function of external magnetic field.

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@article{arxiv.1203.4668,
  title  = {Phase diagrams of a p-Wave superconductor inside a mesoscopic disc-shaped sample},
  author = {Bor-Luen Huang and S. -K. Yip},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.4668},
  year   = {2012}
}

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Revised version published in Physical Review B