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Low-Magnetic Field Critical Behavior in Strongly Type-II Superconductors

Zlatko Tesanovic
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A new description is proposed for the low-field critical behavior of type-II superconductors. The starting point is the Ginzburg-Landau theory in presence of an external magnetic field H. A set of fictitious vortex variables and a singular gauge transformation are used to rewrite a finite H Ginzburg-Landau functional in terms of a complex scalar field of zero average vorticity. The continuum limit of the transformed problem takes the form of an H = 0 Ginzburg-Landau functional for a charged field coupled to a fictitious `gauge' potential which arises from long wavelength fluctuations in the background liquid of field-induced vorticity. A possibility of a novel phase transition involving zero vorticity degrees of freedom and formation of a uniform condensate is suggested. A similarity to the superconducting [Higgs] electrodynamics and the nematic-smectic-A transition in liquid crystals is noted. The experimental situation is discussed.

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Zlatko Tesanovic. 1995-05-25. Low-Magnetic Field Critical Behavior in Strongly Type-II Superconductors. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.51.16204

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