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Theory of a Continuous H$_{c2}$ Normal-to-Superconducting Transition

Condensed Matter 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

I study the Hc2H_{c2} transition within the Ginzburg-Landau model, with mm-component order parameter ψi\psi_i. I find a renormalized fixed point free energy, exact in mm\rightarrow\infty limit, suggestive of a 22nd-order transition in contrast to a general belief of a 11st-order transition. The thermal fluctuations for H0H\neq 0 force one to consider an infinite set of marginally relevant operators for d<duc=6d<d_{uc}=6. I find dlc=4d_{lc}=4, predicting that the ODLRO does not survive thermal fluctuations in d=2,3d=2,3. The result is a solution to a critical fixed point that was found to be inaccessible within ϵ=6d\epsilon=6-d-expansion, previously considered in E.Brezin, D.R.Nelson, A.Thiaville, Phys.Rev.B {\bf 31}, 7124 (1985), and was interpreted as a 11st-order transition.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9503147,
  title  = {Theory of a Continuous H$_{c2}$ Normal-to-Superconducting Transition},
  author = {Leo Radzihovsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9503147},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, self-unpacking uuencoded compressed postscript file with a figure already inside text; to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett.