IngentaConnect On the critical fluctuations in superconductors

Authors: Folk R.¹; Holovatch Y.²

Source: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, Volume 29, Number 13, 1996 , pp. 3409-3425(17)

Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing

Abstract:

The field-theoretical gauge model for a superconductor, generalized to an n/2-component complex order parameter is considered. The question of the order of the phase transition occurring in this model is discussed. Previous renormalization-group calculations suggest that in such a model a fluctuation-induced first-order phase transition occurs. We re-examine previously obtained expressions for the renormalization-group functions in the two-loop approximation in three dimensions. Special attention is being paid to the fact that the corresponding series might be the asymptotic ones and therefore have zero radius of convergence. We discuss the possible ways of analytical continuation of the series obtained. Comparing results obtained by `direct' calculations with those obtained by Pad? analysis and the Pad? - Borel resummation technique, the conjecture is made that in the model under consideration there still exists a possibility for a second-order phase transition.

Language: English

Document Type: Miscellaneous

Affiliations: 1: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, A-4040 Linz, Austria 2: Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the Ukrainian Academy Sciences, UA-290011 Lviv, Ukraine

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