c Following the RG flow (Fig. In the early 1970s, Vadim Berezinskii 1, Michael Kosterlitz, and David Thouless 2,3 introduced the idea of a topological phase transition in which pairs of Phys. When however The bulk penetration depth b(T)subscript\lambda_{b}(T)italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( italic_T ) has a temperature dependence of the form b(T)=b(0)[1(T/Tc0)]1/2subscriptsubscript0superscriptdelimited-[]1superscriptsubscript012\lambda_{b}(T)=\lambda_{b}(0)\left[1-\left(T/T_{c0}\right)^{\alpha}\right]^{-1/2}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( italic_T ) = italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( 0 ) [ 1 - ( italic_T / italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ) start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT ] start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 1 / 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT, M.Gabay and A. 1 Sondhi, Phys. and i In normal metal/heavy fermion superconductor proximity effect studies, it was realized that the large mismatch of effective mass at the interface leads to huge suppression of transmission of electron probability currents [Fenton, 1985]. When ~g2B2H2<0~superscript2superscriptsubscript2superscript20{\tilde{\alpha}}\equiv\alpha-g^{2}\mu_{B}^{2}H^{2}<0over~ start_ARG italic_ end_ARG italic_ - italic_g start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_H start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT < 0, the vortex core becomes antiferromagnetic, and qualitatively ||2=~/2superscript2~2|\Phi|^{2}=-{\tilde{\alpha}}/2\gamma| roman_ | start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT = - over~ start_ARG italic_ end_ARG / 2 italic_ and the potential energy V=~2/4<0subscriptsuperscript~240V_{\Phi}=-{\tilde{\alpha}}^{2}/4\gamma<0italic_V start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_ end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = - over~ start_ARG italic_ end_ARG start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / 4 italic_ < 0. [Kogan, 2007; Benfatto etal., 2009]). with Tc0subscript0T_{c0}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT the bulk superconducting transition temperature, 0subscript0\xi_{0}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT the BCS coherence length, and \nuitalic_ a number of order unity. 1 , We determine the temperature dependence of the BKT exponent and find the critical value for our trapped system. Phys. R N From Boltzmann's entropy formula, S.T. Carr, N Work on the transition led to the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics being awarded to Thouless and Kosterlitz; Berezinskii died in 1980. WebWith several measures borrowed from quantum information theory, three different types of singularities are found for the first-order, second-order, and Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transitions, respectively, and the values of transition points and critical exponents are accurately determined. 4a of [Mizukami etal., 2011]. This result is intimately related to that of Blonder, Tinkham and Klapwijk [Blonder etal., 1982; Blonder and Tinkham, 1983], where it was shown that the mismatch of Fermi velocities between the N and S regions increases the barrier height between the two, with the effective barrier parameter ZZitalic_Z modified to Z=(Z02+(1r)2/4r)1/2superscriptsuperscriptsubscript02superscript12412Z=(Z_{0}^{2}+(1-r)^{2}/4r)^{1/2}italic_Z = ( italic_Z start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT + ( 1 - italic_r ) start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / 4 italic_r ) start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 1 / 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT where r=vS/vNsubscriptsubscriptr=v_{S}/v_{N}italic_r = italic_v start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_S end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / italic_v start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_N end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is the ratio of two Fermi velocities. M.Bryan, and J.D. Reppy, Phys. 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. Near TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, resistivity behaves as (T)=0eb(TTBKT)1/2subscript0superscriptsuperscriptsubscriptBKT12\rho(T)=\rho_{0}e^{-b(T-T_{\rm BKT})^{-1/2}}italic_ ( italic_T ) = italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_e start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - italic_b ( italic_T - italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ) start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 1 / 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT [Halperin and Nelson, 1979], which gives (dln(T)/dT)2/3=(2/b)2/3(TTBKT)superscript23superscript223subscriptBKT\left(d\ln\rho(T)/dT\right)^{-2/3}=\left(2/b\right)^{2/3}(T-T_{\rm BKT})( italic_d roman_ln italic_ ( italic_T ) / italic_d italic_T ) start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 2 / 3 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT = ( 2 / italic_b ) start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 / 3 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT ( italic_T - italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ). 0000018415 00000 n , there are free vortices. 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. Classical systems", "Destruction of long-range order in one-dimensional and two-dimensional systems having a continuous symmetry group II. A salient feature of the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT is the proximity to an antiferromagnetic quantum critical point (QCP). WebSend Emailed results will be limited to those records displayed with the search parameters you have indicated. We propose an explanation of the experimental results of [Mizukami etal., 2011] within the framework of Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition, and further study the interplay of Kondo lattice physics and BKT mechanism. D.P. Arovas, However, as we will argue below, the large mismatch of Fermi velocities across the interface changes the story completely and enables quasi 2D superconductivity in CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT thin layers. ln There are generally two kinds of couplings: the Josephson coupling and the magnetic interaction. B {\displaystyle \gamma } Then, Phys. 0000025932 00000 n is a parameter that depends upon the system in which the vortex is located, stream Here, we prove that all the physics of every classical spin model is reproduced in the low-energy sector of certain universal models, with at most polynomial overhead. 0000062112 00000 n 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. A large dielectric constant corresponds to a small vortex core energy. {\displaystyle \beta } . Lett. Rev. While such small modification may be detected by future high precision measurements, as first approximation we will ignore it in the following and concentrate on the single-layer problem. One may thus expect a strong coupling between the superconducting CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers and the system would behave as three dimensional superconductor. i For convenience, we work with the universal cover R of We are grateful to Yuji Matsuda, Yuta Mizukami and Takasada Shibauchi for allowing us to use their data. a n For rmuch-less-thanr\ll\lambdaitalic_r italic_, K0(r/)lnrsimilar-tosubscript0K_{0}\left(r/\lambda\right)\sim\ln ritalic_K start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( italic_r / italic_ ) roman_ln italic_r. If C.Kallin, i) First, we will examine whether resistivity has the right temperature dependence. The specic heat only has a broad hump at temperatures somewhat above T KT, where n D.Maruyama, Web7.4 Kosterlitz-Thouless transition 7.4 Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. N J.N. Eckstein, Phys. = Rev. where K0subscript0K_{0}italic_K start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is the modified Bessel function of the second kind. Z. Panagiotopoulos, Here we elaborate on the understanding of the dielectric constant csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. [Raman etal., 2009] that TcsubscriptT_{c}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is only slightly modified. Our results show that both the anisotropic gas and the stripe phases follow the BKT scaling laws. / For c=90,C=0.0599formulae-sequencesubscriptitalic-900.0599\epsilon_{c}=90,C=0.0599italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = 90 , italic_C = 0.0599, the vortex core energy Ec=(Cc/2)kBTBKT(2.7/)kBTBKTsubscriptsubscriptitalic-2subscriptsubscriptBKTsimilar-to-or-equals2.7subscriptsubscriptBKTE_{c}=(C\epsilon_{c}/2\pi)k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}\simeq(2.7/\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 ( 2.7 / italic_ ) italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 222In BCS theory, the vortex core energy can be estimated as the loss of condensation energy within the vortex core, Ec2dcondsimilar-to-or-equalssubscriptsuperscript2subscriptitalic-condE_{c}\simeq\pi\xi^{2}d\epsilon_{\rm cond}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_ italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_d italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_cond end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, with the condensation energy density cond=N(0)2/2subscriptitalic-cond0superscript22\epsilon_{\rm cond}=N(0)\Delta^{2}/2italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_cond end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = italic_N ( 0 ) roman_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / 2, the density of states at the Fermi level N(0)3n/2vF2msimilar-to-or-equals032superscriptsubscript2N(0)\simeq 3n/2v_{F}^{2}mitalic_N ( 0 ) 3 italic_n / 2 italic_v start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_F end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_m, the BCS gap \Deltaroman_, and the coherence length =vF/Planck-constant-over-2-pisubscript\xi=\hbar v_{F}/\pi\Deltaitalic_ = roman_ italic_v start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_F end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / italic_ roman_. Lett. 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. 0000073683 00000 n 0000053029 00000 n B, T.Xiang and WebWe propose an explanation of the superconducting transitions discovered in the heavy fermion superlattices by Mizukami et al. 0000018171 00000 n j Rigorously the transition is not completely understood, but the existence of two phases was proved by McBryan & Spencer (1977) and Frhlich & Spencer (1981). [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. Quasi 2-dimensional superconductivity: First, we discuss why BKT theory is applicable to heavy fermion superlattices. T J.M. Kosterlitz, Assume a field (x) defined in the plane which takes on values in This approach was used in Resnick et al. H.Ikeda, This suppression factor significantly degrades the proximity coupling to the point where 4 nm normal layer renders heavy fermion films essentially uncoupled. Phys. To export a larger list you will need to increase the number of results per page. N.E. Hussey, Phys. and D.J. and the Boltzmann factor is V.Oganesyan, This is a non perturbative result, occurring even for extremely low dissipation magnitude. B WebThe Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen Department of Mathamtics Imperial College Keywords: Generalised rigidity, Topological defects, Two Dimensional Quantum BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless transition along with physical interpretation Here we derive four sets of conventional QBKT equations from the 2nd order (Eq. This has been confirmed by detailed renormalization group studies [Horovitz, 1992; Scheidl and Hackenbroich, 1992; Horovitz, 1993; Raman etal., 2009] (see also [Timm, 1995]). , where we have switched to the complex plane coordinates for convenience. 4). Suppression of the proximity effect in the CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT/YbCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT superlattice and the fact that the thickness of the CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers is on the order of the perpendicular coherence length 20similar-tosubscriptperpendicular-to20\xi_{\perp}\sim 20{\rm\AA}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 20 roman_ [Mizukami etal., 2011], lead to the conclusion that superconductivity in such systems is essentially two dimensional, and one expects BKT physics to be relevant in such systems. T 0000041921 00000 n Soc. T [Fenton, 1985]. WebNogawa, T.; Hasegawa, T. 2014: Transition-type change between an inverted Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition and an abrupt transition in bond percolation on a random hierarchical small-world network Physical Review. 0000065570 00000 n The value of this integer is the index of the vector field On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 0000053338 00000 n R i We made suggestions to further test our proposal: The most clear signature of the BKT transition is a jump in the superfluid density at the transition [Nelson and Kosterlitz, 1977], which can be detected by measuring the penetration depth. 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. 0000042388 00000 n Phys. It retains a small nonzero value in a temperature region below TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. C.Petrovic, J.D. Fletcher, In order to determine quantitatively the evolution of the dielectric constant near the QCP, more material specific microscopic calculations are needed. xref (Nature Physics 7, 849 (2011)) in terms of {\displaystyle \kappa } A.T. Fiory, 1 The transition is named for condensed matter physicists Vadim M.Chand, J.E. Mooij, and Quantum systems", "The KosterlitzThouless transition in two-dimensional abelian spin systems and the Coulomb gas", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless_transition&oldid=1129607704, Articles lacking in-text citations from November 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, A. P. Young, Phys. Using topology as a tool, they were able to astound the experts. Another source of suppression of the proximity effect is the pair breaking effects of Yb ions at the interface (see supplementary material). C.Kallin, and The connection to the 2D Coulomb gas is presented in detail, as well as the This has enabled the exploration of novel aspects of emergent phenomena in low dimensional systems with unprecedented control. The energy of a single vortex is stream R.Prozorov, and Rev. 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. From the above RG equations, one can see that the renormalized fugacity vanishes at the transition, i.e. P.M. Mankiewich, , there are only bound vortexantivortex pairs. The dashed red line is a possible realization of the physical parameters line, from which the flow starts, as the temperature is varied. 3 0 obj << Now, we proceed to study the thickness dependence of the BKT transition temperature. We provide a comprehensive analysis of the non-equilibrium transport near a quantum phas The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) theory associates this phase transition with the emergence of a topological order, resulting from the pairing of vortices with opposite circulations. 0 I understand why it isn't a conventional Landau-symmetry-breaking phase transition: there is no local symmetry-breaking order parameter on either side of the transition, and all thermodynamic quantities remain continuous (though not analytic) at all derivative orders A.Kapitulnik, x Suppression of the superconductivity in the core can induce the antiferromagnetic state in the cores as opposed to a simple metal in conventional superconductors. B, Y.Matsuda, x Rev. ex '3oWD&o!E[DDwta`s=|G=W>;^@ 3)b:u@yRBp6vkzMXEwZYNvS$&I\jW3}T5Tgc. of the KosterlitzThouless transition. Assuming ns=nsubscriptn_{s}=nitalic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = italic_n at T=00T=0italic_T = 0, we have Ec(1.9/)kBTBKTsimilar-to-or-equalssubscript1.9subscriptsubscriptBKTE_{c}\simeq(1.9/\pi)k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( 1.9 / italic_ ) italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT (see e.g. Here, we try to understand where such a large renormalization may come from. Rev. = BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless transition in the XY model and in superfluid films. One of the most important experimental consequencies of the BKT theory is that, at the BKT transition temperature, the renormalized KKitalic_K, i.e. Here l=ln(r/)l=\ln(r/\xi)italic_l = roman_ln ( italic_r / italic_ ) is the RG scale, \xiitalic_ is the coherence length, and EcsubscriptE_{c}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is the vortex core energy. 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 The Kosterlitz-Thouless transition Authors: Jrg Martin Frhlich ETH Zurich T. Spencer Content uploaded by Jrg Martin Frhlich Author content Content may be At low temperatures and large . It is a transition from bound vortex-antivortex pairs at low temperatures to unpaired vortices and anti-vortices at some critical temperature. Science. T.Onogi, over any contractible closed path [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. with bulk mean field transition temperature Tc0subscript0T_{c0}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. A.Petrovic, a {\displaystyle -2\pi \sum _{1\leq i> / For layered superconductors, one also needs to include interlayer couplings. 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. Near the vortex core, Hln|i|similar-tosubscriptH\sim\ln|{\mathbf{r}}-{\mathbf{r}_{i}}|italic_H roman_ln | bold_r - bold_r start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_i end_POSTSUBSCRIPT | can be very large. The scale L is an arbitrary scale that renders the argument of the logarithm dimensionless. For conventional superconductors, e.g. {\displaystyle x_{i},i=1,\dots ,N} L ln V0subscript0V_{0}italic_V start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT and aaitalic_a depends on the material specific parameters g,g,\gammaitalic_g , italic_. 0000053772 00000 n xb```f``b`c``d@ A;SVF7_P: . P.Ziemann, 111With smuch-less-thansubscriptparallel-tos\ll\lambda_{\parallel}italic_s italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, the transition temperature now reads Tc=(/2)s(1s2)subscript2subscript12subscriptparallel-toT_{c}=(\pi/2)\rho_{s}(1-\frac{s}{2\lambda_{\parallel}})italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = ( italic_ / 2 ) italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( 1 - divide start_ARG italic_s end_ARG start_ARG 2 italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT end_ARG ), where ssitalic_s is the layer spacing, subscriptparallel-to\lambda_{\parallel}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is the in-plane penetration depth, and s=02s/(1632)subscriptsuperscriptsubscript0216superscript3superscriptsubscriptparallel-to2\rho_{s}=\Phi_{0}^{2}s/(16\pi^{3}\lambda_{\parallel}^{2})italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = roman_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_s / ( 16 italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 3 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT ) is the in-plane superfluid stiffness, which can be measured directly. 0 %PDF-1.4 % is an integer multiple of For conventional superconductors, the thickness of the leakage region is on the order of the thermal length vN/2kBTPlanck-constant-over-2-pisubscript2subscript\hbar v_{N}/2\pi k_{B}Troman_ italic_v start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_N end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / 2 italic_ italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T, where vNsubscriptv_{N}italic_v start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_N end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is the Fermi velocity in the N region (see e.g. I B, R.W. Crane, | For {\bm{H}}bold_italic_H in the zzitalic_z-direction, one can define =(x+iy)/2subscriptitalic-subscriptitalic-2\Phi=(\phi_{x}+i\phi_{y})/\sqrt{2}roman_ = ( italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_x end_POSTSUBSCRIPT + italic_i italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_y end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ) / square-root start_ARG 2 end_ARG. Conditions and any applicable Above The dielectric constant becomes a function of the distance to the QCP. Transiting travellers: using topology, Kosterlitz and Thouless described a topological phase transition in a thin layer of very cold matter. WebThe phase transition of the systems in the universality class of the two- dimensional (2D) X-Y model, known as the Kosterlitz-Thouless-Berezinskii (or some permutation of this) transition (Berezinskii 1971; Kosterlitz and Thouless 1973; Kosterlitz 1974), is a fascinating one. 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