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Quantum phase excitations in Ginzburg-Landau superconductors

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-11-11 v1 Superconductivity High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We give a straightforward generalization of the Ginzburg-Landau theory for superconductors where the scalar phase field is replaced by an antisymmetric Kalb-Ramond field. We predict that at very low temperatures, where quantum phase effects are expected to play a significant role, the presence of vortices destroys superconductivity.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0411144,
  title  = {Quantum phase excitations in Ginzburg-Landau superconductors},
  author = {E. Di Grezia and S. Esposito and A. Naddeo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0411144},
  year   = {2010}
}

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revtex, 4 pages, no figures