Quantum phase transitions in disordered two-dimensional superconductors

Aug 13, 1990
3 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 65 (1990) 923-926

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Abstract: (APS)
It is argued that with increasing applied magnetic field, a disordered, superconducting thin film will undergo a zero-temperature transition into an insulating state. At this superconductor-insulator transition the field-induced vortices Bose condense. A scaling theory for this field-tuned transition is described. Right at the transition, both the longitudinal and Hall resistivities are predicted to be finite, nonzero, and have universal values.
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