On the Nature of the Phase Transition Triggered by Vortex-Like Deffects in the 2D Ginzburg-Landau Model

Details On the Nature of the Phase Transition Triggered by Vortex-Like Deffects in the 2D Ginzburg-Landau Model On the Nature of the Phase Transition Triggered by Vortex-Like Deffects in the 2D Ginzburg-Landau Model

2000-10-09

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0010137v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

9 pages, 7 postscript (eps) figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0375-9601(01)00210-9

The two dimensional lattice Ginzburg-Landau hamiltonian is simulated numerically for different values of the coherence length $\xi$ in units of the lattice spacing $a$, a parameter which controls amplitude fluctuations. The phase diagram on the plane $T-\xi$ is measured. Amplitude fluctuations change dramatically the nature of the phase transition: for values of $\xi/a \simeq 1$, instead of the smooth Kosterlitz-Thouless transition there is a {\em first order} transition with a discontinuity in the vortex density $v$ and a sharper drop in the helicity modulus $\Gamma$. Both observables $v$ and $\Gamma$ are analyzed in detail at the crossover region between first and second order which occurs for intermediate values of $\xi/a$.

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