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Quantum Metal--Superconductor Transition: A Local Field Theory Approach

Superconductivity 2009-11-10 v3

Abstract

The zero temperature, or quantum, metal-superconductor phase transition is studied in disordered systems in dimension greater than two. A effective local field theory is developed that keeps all soft modes or fluctuations explicitly. A simple renormalization group analysis is used to exactly determine the quantum critical behavior at this transition.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0404188,
  title  = {Quantum Metal--Superconductor Transition: A Local Field Theory Approach},
  author = {Lubo Zhou and T. R. Kirkpatrick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0404188},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages