Tricritical ratio of length scales in D = 4 Abelian Higgs model

Journal Article · Mon Apr 07 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.1441· OSTI ID:6017323

Kleinert, H

We use the duality between the Abelian Higgs model and pure U(1) lattice gauge theory to estimate the ratio ..sqrt..2 kappa equivalent lambda/xi of penetration depth and coherence length at the tricritical point to be ..sqrt..2 kappa roughly-equal 0.93, thus placing the tricritical point slightly on the type-I side of the borderline between type-I and type-II superconductivity in four dimensions.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
• DOE Contract Number: AS03-81ER40029
• OSTI ID: 6017323
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 56:14; ISSN PRLTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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645400* -- High Energy Physics-- Field Theory
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
COHERENCE LENGTH
DIMENSIONS
DUALITY
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
FIELD THEORIES
HIGGS MODEL
LATTICE FIELD THEORY
LENGTH
LIE GROUPS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MEAN-FIELD THEORY
PARTICLE MODELS
PENETRATION DEPTH
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
SYMMETRY GROUPS
U GROUPS
U-1 GROUPS