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Jonathan M. Fellows

Publications and source records attributed to Jonathan M. Fellows.

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arXiv2021

Fluctuation Spectroscopy in Granular Superconductors with Application to Boron-doped Nanocrystalline Diamond

We perform a detailed calculation of the various contributions to the fluctuation conductivity of a granular metal close to its superconducting transition. We find three distinct regions of power law behavior in reduced temperature, $η=(T-T_c)/T_c$, with crossovers at $Γ/T_c$ and $E_{Th}/T_c$, where $Γ$ is the electron tunneling rate, and $E_{Th}$ is the Thouless energy of a grain. The calculation includes both intergrain and intragrain degrees of freedom. This complete theory of the fluctuation region in granular superconductors is then compared to experimental results from boron-doped nanocrystalline diamond, using the assumption of a constant phase breaking rate, $τ_ϕ^{-1}$. We find a semi-quantitative agreement between the theoretical and experimental results only in the case of large phase breaking. We argue that there may be a novel phase breaking mechanism in granular metals worthy of further experimental and theoretical investigation.

cond-mat.supr-con↗

arXiv2017

Leaf-to-leaf distances in Catalan trees

We study the average leaf-to-leaf path lengths on ordered Catalan tree graphs with $n$ nodes and show that these are equivalent to the average length of paths starting from the root node. We give an explicit analytic formula for the average leaf-to-leaf path length as a function of separation of the leaves and study its asymptotic properties. At the heart of our method is a strategy based on an abstract graph representation of generating functions.

math-ph↗

arXiv2012

Unbinding of giant vortices in states of competing order

We consider a two-dimensional system with two order parameters, one with O(2) symmetry and one with O($M$), near a point in parameter space where they couple to become a single O($2+M$) order. While the O(2) sector supports vortex excitations, these vortices must somehow disappear as the high symmetry point is approached. We develop a variational argument which shows that the size of the vortex cores diverges as $1/\sqrtΔ$ and the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition temperature of the O(2) order vanishes as $1/\ln(1/Δ)$, where $Δ$ denotes the distance from the high-symmetry point. Our physical picture is confirmed by a renormalization group analysis which gives further logarithmic corrections, and demonstrates full symmetry restoration within the cores.

cond-mat.str-el↗

arXiv2011

Superfluid, solid, and supersolid phases of dipolar bosons in a quasi-one-dimensional optical lattice

We discuss a model of dipolar bosons trapped in a weakly coupled planar array of one-dimensional tubes. We consider the situation where the dipolar moments are aligned by an external field, and find a rich phase diagram as a function of the angle of this field exhibiting quantum phase transitions between solid, superfluid and supersolid phases. In the low energy limit, the model turns out to be identical to one describing quasi-one-dimensional superconductivity in condensed matter systems. This opens the possibility of using bosons as a quantum analogue simulator of electronic systems, a scenario arising from the intricate relation between statistics and interactions in quasi-one-dimensional systems.

cond-mat.quant-gas↗