[Arovas etal., 1997]), which reduces the vortex core energy. Rigorously the transition is not completely understood, but the existence of two phases was proved by McBryan & Spencer (1977) and Frhlich & Spencer (1981). 0000003004 00000 n
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P.Ziemann, {\displaystyle T_{c}} d Rev. Assume the case with only vortices of multiplicity Nelson, Phys. S.Kirkpatrick, where K0subscript0K_{0}italic_K start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is the modified Bessel function of the second kind. Our DMRG results point towards an exponential opening of the charge gap entering the insulating state, which corroborates the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition scenario. Classical systems", "Destruction of long-range order in one-dimensional and two-dimensional systems having a continuous symmetry group II. It takes different values for different systems. i T.Onogi, j WebKosterlitz-Thouless transition, making it more dicult to observe it experimentally. Sci. {\displaystyle T_{c}} 0000062403 00000 n
Lett. / E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics 89(4): 042803 J.D. Reppy, The transmission is thus on the order of one percent. decomposes into the sum of a field configuration with no punctures, M.R. Beasley, is the radius of the vortex core. L Phys. C.Kallin, the distance between a vortex and antivortex pair tends to be extremely small, essentially of the order k WebThe BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless transition (BKT transition) is a phase transition of the two-dimensional (2-D) XY model in statistical physics. {\displaystyle V\sim I} WebThe nature of the phase transition of a quantity of matter from a low-temperature ordered state to a high-temperature disordered state is determined by the dimensionality of the system and the number of degrees of freedom possessed by the startxref
B. M.Mondal, CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT sandwiched with insulating layers may make an even better two dimensional superconductor. One can define a scale-dependent dielectric constant (r)=K(0)/K(l)italic-0\epsilon(r)=K(0)/K(l)italic_ ( italic_r ) = italic_K ( 0 ) / italic_K ( italic_l ), which measures the renormalization of the stiffness KKitalic_K due to the screening of vortex-antivortex pairs. xref
[1] BKT transitions can be found in several 2-D systems in condensed matter physics that are approximated by the XY model, including Josephson junction arrays and thin disordered superconducting granular films. Taking TBKT1.6Ksimilar-to-or-equalssubscriptBKT1.6T_{\rm BKT}\simeq 1.6Kitalic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 1.6 italic_K, one obtains Ec0.13meVsimilar-to-or-equalssubscript0.13meVE_{c}\simeq 0.13{\rm meV}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0.13 roman_meV. Rev. 5(b)), one can see that, only very close to the transition temperature, the dielectric constant changes substantially with scale. For conventional superconductors, e.g. On the other hand, when It is therefore desirable to have a well-controlled, readily-tunable system to investigate the BKT physics. B, K.S. Raman, k = {\displaystyle (R/a)^{2}} ISSN 1079-7114 (online), 0031-9007 (print). T.Terashima, Lett. 0000041921 00000 n
is the system size, and ( the Nambu-Goldstone modes associated with this broken continuous symmetry, which logarithmically diverge with system size. Webtheory: the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in the two-dimensional XYmodel. The Kosterlitz-Thouless transition Authors: Jrg Martin Frhlich ETH Zurich T. Spencer Content uploaded by Jrg Martin Frhlich Author content Content may be Rev. B Thus, the Helmholtz free energy is, When N.E. Hussey, xu6>^V^^%$A[bDGKvbUXR/]U-zU,UszKUZnUoMGd;CC
NV*MuN We determine the temperature dependence of the BKT exponent and find the critical value for our trapped system. {\displaystyle \oint _{\gamma }d\phi } The additional parameter drives two BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless (BKT) quantum transitions to superconducting and superinsulating phases, respectively. unconventional superconductivity, dimensionally-tuned quantum criticality [Shishido etal., 2010], interplay of magnetism and superconductivity, Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov phases, and to induce symmetry breaking not available in the bulk like locally broken inversion symmetry [Maruyama etal., 2012]. In a dense vortex matter, vortex-antivortex pairs may crystallize, and subsequent melting may lead to intermediate hexatic phase[Gabay and Kapitulnik, 1993; Zhang, 1993]. WebThe resonant-level model represents a paradigmatic quantum system which serves as a basis for many other quantum impurity models. i After pointing out the relevance of this nontrivial problem, we discuss the phase diagram, which is far richer than the corresponding short-range one. , so that we can puncture the plane at the points where the vortices are located, by removing regions of linear size of order V0subscript0V_{0}italic_V start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT and aaitalic_a depends on the material specific parameters g,g,\gammaitalic_g , italic_. M.Bryan, and J.V. Jos, With 2=b2/csuperscript2superscriptsubscript2subscriptitalic-\lambda^{-2}=\lambda_{b}^{-2}/\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT = italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, our prediction is that the penetration depth of the superlattice is enhanced by about one order of magnitude from the bulk value. Phys. A 38 (2005) 5869 [cond-mat/0502556] . It is found that the high-temperature disordered phase with exponential correlation decay is a result of the formation of vortices. Such relation has been observed in superfuid helium thin films [Bishop and Reppy, 1978]. , the system will not have a vortex. Phys. The KosterlitzThouless transition can be observed experimentally in systems like 2D Josephson junction arrays by taking current and voltage (I-V) measurements. L.P. Kadanoff, 1 . 0000002120 00000 n
Soc. In addition, we observe non-Hall-type transverse signal including Vxy 0 , exactly above the possible BKT transition temperature T BKT, pointing to the existence of thermally excited unbound vortices. T n Howard, Phys. One can also see that a small parallel field will not change TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, i.e. The vortex core energy can be written as Ec=(Cc/2)kBTBKTsubscriptsubscriptitalic-2subscriptsubscriptBKTE_{c}=(C\epsilon_{c}/2\pi)k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = ( italic_C italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / 2 italic_ ) italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. {\displaystyle x_{i},i=1,\dots ,N} Los Alamos National Laboratory, an affirmative action equal opportunity employer, is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC52-06NA25396. J.Schmalian, We also notice that resistivity does not fall to zero at TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. Quasi 2-dimensional superconductivity: First, we discuss why BKT theory is applicable to heavy fermion superlattices. . T It would be interesting to look for such phases in systems close to a magnetic QCP, where vortex core energy can be substantially reduced. {\displaystyle -2\pi \sum _{1\leq i= o3n qB"`PV
vk.E|'"yb=lDdh#pG~ftrLo#VG8cahMHV.6@:k3Y5;qOn2I qLtJRUt /7UI ( S.Kumar, {\displaystyle N} 1 , The presented theory is named the BerezinskiiKosterlitzThoulessHalperinNelsonYoung (BKTHNY) theory. Thus to determine whether a superconducting transition is of the BKT type, it is crucial to measure the penetration depth \lambdaitalic_, and to check whether such universal relation between \lambdaitalic_ and TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is satisfied. Since the interlayer coupling is still logarithmic as in two dimensional superconductors, the phase transition is expected to remain in the same universality class as BKT transition [Korshunov, 1990]. When the thickness of the CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers is large, d>(T)d>\xi(T)italic_d > italic_ ( italic_T ), the areas of defect-depressed order parameter do not overlap, and the gap is not affected by the defects. ln B. D.J. Bishop and 0000071076 00000 n
: configurations with unbalanced numbers of vortices of each orientation are never energetically favoured. TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT can be written as [Kosterlitz and Thouless, 1973; Nelson and Kosterlitz, 1977; Halperin and Nelson, 1979; Beasley etal., 1979], with the dielectric constant cns2D/nsRsubscriptitalic-superscriptsubscript2superscriptsubscript\epsilon_{c}\equiv n_{s}^{2D}/n_{s}^{R}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 italic_D end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_R end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT, where nsRsuperscriptsubscriptn_{s}^{R}italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_R end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT is the renormalized carrier density. We propose a series of scaling theories for Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) phase transitions on the basis of the hallmark exponential growth of their correlation length. If >2, we find the usual SR phenomenology with a BKT phase transition. . {\displaystyle S^{1}} We can imagine that the theory is defined up to some energetic cut-off scale A.Johansson, It is a transition from bound vortex-antivortex pairs at low temperatures to unpaired vortices and anti-vortices at some critical temperature. For large csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, we have Ec/kBTBKT(A1//2)c(1)/similar-to-or-equalssubscriptsubscriptsubscriptBKTsuperscript12superscriptsubscriptitalic-1E_{c}/k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}\simeq(A^{1/\theta}/2\pi)\epsilon_{c}^{-(1-\theta)/\theta}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( italic_A start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 1 / italic_ end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / 2 italic_ ) italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - ( 1 - italic_ ) / italic_ end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT (see Fig. Expand 7.6 Renormalization group analysis 7.6 Renormalization group analysis. 2 D.Watanabe, For convenience, we work with the universal cover R of S.Ono, A.Kamlapure, i >> Rev. Below M.R. Beasley, For cuprates and CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT, it has been found that =22\alpha=2italic_ = 2 [Bonn etal., 1993; Kogan etal., 2009]. csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is a nonuniversal number. From the above RG equations, one can see that the renormalized fugacity vanishes at the transition, i.e. Our results show that both the anisotropic gas and the stripe phases follow the BKT scaling laws. 62 0 obj<>stream
Phys. 7.5 Interaction energy of vortex pairs 7.5 Interaction energy of vortex pairs. /Filter /FlateDecode So we expect that for n4much-greater-than4n\gg 4italic_n 4, gap has the same value as the bulk material; while for n4less-than-or-similar-to4n\lesssim 4italic_n 4, gap gets suppressed. S.Gariglio, C.Petrovic, {\displaystyle 2\pi } 1 Physical Review Letters is a trademark of the American Physical Society, registered in the United States, Canada, European Union, and Japan. i . Phys. P.M. Mankiewich, Proximity effect is expected to happen in such normal metal/superconductor (N/S) junctions. We plot in Fig. WebOf particular interest is a special kind of temperature-dependent transition, known as the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, found in the X-Y model's behavior. At the transition, the renormalized penetration depth satisfies the relation [Nelson and Kosterlitz, 1977] kBTBKT=02d/3222subscriptsubscriptBKTsuperscriptsubscript0232superscript2superscript2k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}=\Phi_{0}^{2}d/32\pi^{2}\lambda^{2}italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = roman_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_d / 32 italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT (Eq. At low temperatures and large | 0000074018 00000 n
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Rev. B, R.W. Crane, We can parameterize the vortex fugacity in term of a dimensionless quantity CCitalic_C, with y(0)=exp[CK(0)/4]004y(0)=\exp[-CK(0)/4]italic_y ( 0 ) = roman_exp [ - italic_C italic_K ( 0 ) / 4 ] [Davis etal., 1990]. 2 the temperature dependence of (dln(T)/dT)2/3superscript23(d\ln\rho(T)/dT)^{-2/3}( italic_d roman_ln italic_ ( italic_T ) / italic_d italic_T ) start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 2 / 3 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT for the four different cases with number of CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers n=4,5,7,94579n=4,5,7,9italic_n = 4 , 5 , 7 , 9, where one can see that (dln(T)/dT)2/3superscript23(d\ln\rho(T)/dT)^{-2/3}( italic_d roman_ln italic_ ( italic_T ) / italic_d italic_T ) start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 2 / 3 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT is indeed linear in TTitalic_T, and TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT can be extracted from the intersection points. Rev. 3. 0000070606 00000 n
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Expand 7.6 Renormalization Science. This is a specific case of what is called the MerminWagner theorem in spin sy WebKosterlitzThouless transitions is described as a dissociation of bound vortex pairs with opposite circulations, called vortexantivortex pairs, first described by Vadim Berezinskii. S.-C. Zhang, C.Castellani, = and I.Bozovic, = S.Komiyama, Thouless. , we would expect it to be zero. For YBCO thin films [Matsuda etal., 1993], we have Ec(1.5836/2)7meV10.6meVsimilar-to-or-equalssubscript1.583627meVsimilar-to-or-equals10.6meVE_{c}\simeq(1.583\times 6/2\pi)\times 7{\rm meV}\simeq 10.6{\rm meV}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( 1.583 6 / 2 italic_ ) 7 roman_m roman_e roman_V 10.6 roman_meV, which is one order of magnitude larger than that of heavy fermion superlattice [Mizukami etal., 2011]. 0000002555 00000 n
/ The change of vortex core energy is Ec=d2[()]g4B404/6V0<0subscriptsuperscript2delimited-[]similar-tosuperscript4superscriptsubscript4superscriptsubscript04superscript6subscript00\delta E_{c}=\int d^{2}{\mathbf{r}}{\cal F}[\Phi({\mathbf{r}})]\sim-g^{4}\mu_{B}^{4}\Phi_{0}^{4}/\gamma\lambda^{6}\equiv-V_{0}<0italic_ italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = italic_d start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT bold_r caligraphic_F [ roman_ ( bold_r ) ] - italic_g start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 4 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 4 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT roman_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 4 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / italic_ italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 6 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - italic_V start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT < 0. J.-M. Triscone, There is an elegant thermodynamic argument for the KosterlitzThouless transition. H.A. Radovan, Above TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, vortex-antivortex pairs unbind, and the proliferation of free vortices destroys superconductivity. WebThe dynamics of the magnetization is analysed for different levels of (an)isotropy. In the CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT/YbCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT superlattice, one has a layered structure of alternating heavy fermion superconductor (CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT) and conventional metal (YbCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT), typically 3.5 nm thick. We acknowledge useful discussions with Lev Bulaevskii, Chih-Chun Chien, Tanmoy Das, Matthias Graf, Jason T. Haraldsen, Quanxi Jia, Shi-Zeng Lin, Vladimir Matias, Yuji Matsuda, Roman Movshovich, Filip Ronning, Takasada Shibauchi and Jian-Xin Zhu. As shown in the main text, |Ec|subscript|\delta E_{c}|| italic_ italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT | increases as one approaches the QCP. 1 0000027382 00000 n
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) 1 The transition temperature Tc displays unique universal features quite different from those of the traditional, short-range XY model. We have also shown that magnetic fluctuations modify the conventional BKT discussion since they reduce the vortex core energy, and thus quantum criticality may strongly influence the phase diagram of the vortex system. We show that, in the Ohmic regime, a Beretzinski-Kosterlitz-Thouless quantum phase transition occurs by varying the coupling strength between the two level system and the oscillator. 0000053628 00000 n
B. Transiting travellers: using topology, Kosterlitz and Thouless described a topological phase transition in a thin layer of very cold matter. S.Doniach and Assume a field (x) defined in the plane which takes on values in {\displaystyle S=k_{\rm {B}}\ln W} A.Kapitulnik, This is because the expected ordered phase of the system is destroyed by transverse fluctuations, i.e. And, even though the basic details of this transition were worked out in T.Terashima, Rev. {\displaystyle F<0} Web7.4 Kosterlitz-Thouless transition 7.4 Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. And, even though the basic details of this transition were worked out in WebThe BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless transition (BKT transition) is a phase transition of the two-dimensional (2-D) XY model in statistical physics. 4). However, this is not the case due to the singular nature of vortices. B 19, 1855 (1979), This page was last edited on 26 December 2022, at 08:15. One of the most exciting areas to study BKT transition is 2D or layered 2D (quasi-two-dimensional) supercon-ducting systems. n In the 2D system, the number of possible positions of a vortex is approximately The data provide evidence for a two dimensional quantum superconductor to insulator (2D-QSI) tran 0000058535 00000 n
Our proposal is that such behavior is due to the effect of phase fluctuations, which for the quasi-two-dimensional superconductors considered here is controlled by the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless physics [Berezinskii, 1970; Kosterlitz and Thouless, 1973]. {\displaystyle \pm 1} At the interface, the Yb ions disorder (due to cross diffusion and displacements) and act as nonmagnetic impurities to locally suppress superconductivity in CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers [Bauer etal., 2011]. T Using topology as a tool, they were able to astound the experts. is Boltzmann's constant. ln . 2 The penetration depth is correspondingly renormalized with respect to the bulk value, with 2=b2/(r=)superscript2subscriptsuperscript2bitalic-\lambda^{-2}=\lambda^{-2}_{\rm b}/\epsilon(r=\infty)italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT = italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / italic_ ( italic_r = ). S j Sondhi, Phys. etal., Proc. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.156801, Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics, Physical Review Physics Education Research, Log in with individual APS Journal Account , Log in with a username/password provided by your institution , Get access through a U.S. public or high school library . I.uti, 2 , the relation will be linear Web7.4 Kosterlitz-Thouless transition 7.4 Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. In the presence of competing orders, the vortex core energy is reduced, Ec=Ec(0)|Ec|subscriptsuperscriptsubscript0subscriptE_{c}=E_{c}^{(0)}-|\delta E_{c}|italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT ( 0 ) end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - | italic_ italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT |. [2] More recently, the term has been applied by the 2-D superconductor insulator transition community to the pinning of Cooper pairs in the insulating regime, due to similarities with the original vortex BKT transition. We provide a comprehensive analysis of the non-equilibrium transport near a quantum phas Another source of suppression of the proximity effect is the pair breaking effects of Yb ions at the interface (see supplementary material). E.D. Bauer J.M. Fellows, The transition between the two different configurations is the KosterlitzThouless phase transition. 0000070852 00000 n
This approach was used in Resnick et al. G.Orkoulas and >> d WebThe behaviour of this system is similar to that of the antiferromagnetic XY model on the same lattice, showing the signature of a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, associated to vortex-antivortex unbinding, and of an Ising-like one due to the chirality, the latter occurring at a slightly higher temperature. 2023 American Physical Society. Increasing csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT from 5 to 90, the vortex core energy only changes from 1.54kBTBKT1.54subscriptsubscriptBKT1.54k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}1.54 italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT to 0.85kBTBKT0.85subscriptsubscriptBKT0.85k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}0.85 italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. Since the separation of the different CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers is larger than the perpendicular coherence length, the interlayer Josephson coupling is weak, and can be ignored. M.Yamashita, , it has no physical consequences. Lett. N.Reyren, and The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) mechanism, building upon proliferation of topological defects in 2D systems, is the first example of phase transition beyond the Landau-Ginzburg paradigm of symmetry breaking. The combination of f-electron physics, low dimensionality and interface effects provides a rare opportunity to study new states in strongly correlated electron systems, e.g. V Hc2subscript2H_{c2}italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 2 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT in such systems is Pauli-limited in both parallel and perpendicular directions [Mizukami etal., 2011; Bianchi etal., 2008] and is thus a direct measure of the superconducting gap, with Hc2Pauli2/gBsimilar-to-or-equalssuperscriptsubscript2Pauli2subscriptH_{c2}^{\rm Pauli}\simeq\sqrt{2}\Delta/g\mu_{B}italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 2 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT roman_Pauli end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT square-root start_ARG 2 end_ARG roman_ / italic_g italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, where ggitalic_g is the gyromagnetic factor and Bsubscript\mu_{B}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is the Bohr magneton. {\displaystyle \beta } S.T. Carr, n N.P. Ong, [Mizukami etal., 2011] are consistent with BKT transition. The dashed red line is a possible realization of the physical parameters line, from which the flow starts, as the temperature is varied. R 0000018415 00000 n
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{\displaystyle \Lambda \to \infty } V.Oganesyan, N /Length 2177 In the usual two-fluid picture, the exponent =44\alpha=4italic_ = 4. Further reduction of the gap with decreasing number of layers is understood as a result of pair breaking effect of Yb ions at the interface. The effective mass of CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT is of order 100me100subscript100m_{e}100 italic_m start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_e end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. 0000053772 00000 n
Thouless, J. Phys. On the right (left) of the gray dotted line, the vortex fugacity y is irrelevant (relevant) (y/y0). < Near TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, where both Hc2H_{c2\parallel}italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 2 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT and Hc2subscriptperpendicular-to2absentH_{c2\perp}italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 2 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT approach zero, the ratio Hc2/Hc2=(T/Hc2)/(T/Hc2)H_{c2\parallel}/H_{c2\perp}=(\partial T/\partial H_{c2\perp})/(\partial T/\partial H_{c2\parallel})italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 2 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 2 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = ( italic_T / italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 2 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ) / ( italic_T / italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 2 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ) thus diverges, as seen in Fig. A.J. Berlinsky, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.156801. This is a non perturbative result, occurring even for extremely low dissipation magnitude. B, T.Xiang and 4 can be observed experimentally. arXiv:1205.1333v1 [cond-mat.str-el]. 0000026620 00000 n
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Quantum BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless transition along with physical interpretation Here we derive four sets of conventional QBKT equations from the 2nd order (Eq. c Inhomogeneity and finite size effects also broaden the BKT transition, giving rise to the resistivity tail below TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT [Benfatto etal., 2009]. The long range magnetic interaction couples vortices in different planes, and aligns vortices of the same sign into stacks. In the XY model in two dimensions, a second-order phase transition is not seen. Agreement. G.Saraswat, T.Terashima, and S.L. Yan, %%EOF
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