Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1995-11-23
Nucl.Phys. B474 (1996) 641-677
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
39 pages, harvmac, two figures available on request
Scientific paper
10.1016/0550-3213(96)00309-4
We show that the zero-temperature physics of planar Josephson junction arrays in the self-dual approximation is governed by an Abelian gauge theory with periodic mixed Chern-Simons term describing the charge-vortex coupling. The periodicity requires the existence of (Euclidean) topological excitations which determine the quantum phase structure of the model. The electric-magnetic duality leads to a quantum phase transition between a superconductor and a superinsulator at the self-dual point. We also discuss in this framework the recently proposed quantum Hall phases for charges and vortices in presence of external offset charges and magnetic fluxes: we show how the periodicity of the charge-vortex coupling can lead to transitions to anyon superconductivity phases. We finally generalize our results to three dimensions, where the relevant gauge theory is the so-called BF system, with an antisymmetric Kalb-Ramond gauge field.
Diamantini Cristina M.
Sodano Pasquale
Trugenberger Carlo A.
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