Quantum critical phenomena of unconventional superconductors: U(1) gauge model of link Cooper pair

Details Quantum critical phenomena of unconventional superconductors: U(1) gauge model of link Cooper pair Quantum critical phenomena of unconventional superconductors: U(1) gauge model of link Cooper pair

2007-08-22

arxiv.org/abs/0708.2958v1

Mod.Phys.Lett.A23:2821,2008

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

13pages,25figures

Scientific paper

In this paper we shall study quantum critical behavior of lattice model of unconventional superconductors (SC) that was proposed in the previous papers. In this model, the Cooper-pair (CP) field is defined on lattice links in order to describe d-wave SC. The CP field can be regarded as a U(1) lattice gauge field, and the SC phase transition takes place as a result of the phase coherence of the CP field. Effects of the long-range Coulomb interactions between the CP's and fluctuations of the electromagnetic field are taken into account. We investigate the phase structure of the model and the critical behavior by means of the Monte Carlo simulations. We find that the parameter, which controls the fluxes (vortices) of the CP, strongly influences the phase structure. In three-dimensional case, the model has rich phase structure. In particular there is a "monopole proliferation" phase transition besides the SC phase transition. Depending on the parameters, this transition exists within the SC phase or takes place simultaneously with the SC transition. This new type of transition is relevant for unconventional SC's with strong spatial three-dimensionality and to be observed by experiments.

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