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| Author(s): |
Granato, Enzo
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | PHYSICAL REVIEW B; v. 102, n. 18, p. 13-pg., 2020-11-03. |
| Abstract | |
We study numerically the superconductor to insulator transition in two-dimensional phase-glass (or chiral-glass) models with varying degree of disorder. These models describe the effects of gauge disorder in superconductors due to random negative Josephson-junction couplings, or n junctions. Two different models are considered, with binary and Gaussian distribution of quenched disorder, having nonzero mean. Monte Carlo simulations in the path-integral representation are used to determine the phase diagram and critical exponents. In addition to the usual superconducting and insulating phases, a chiral-glass phase occurs for sufficiently large disorder, with random local circulating currents of different chiralities. A transition from superconductor to insulator can take place via the intermediate chiral-glass phase. We find, however, that the chiral-glass state has a finite phase stiffness, being still a superconductor, instead of the Bose metal, which has been suggested by mean-field theory. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/19586-9 - Dynamics, topological defects and phase transitions in two-dimensional systems. |
| Grantee: | Enzo Granato |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |