Spinning vortices in type 2 superconductors

Journal Article · Sun May 20 04:00:00 EDT 1990 · Modern Physics Letters A; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732390001062· OSTI ID:6448796

Davis, R L ^[1]

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1. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (USA)

A field-theoretical model displaying macroscopic type 2 superconductivity involves electromagnetic and antisymmetric tensor gauge fields interacting in a special background. Vortex lines are represented by Kalb-Ramond strings, and the force law for a vortex in a supercurrent follows naturally. It is shown by a duality transformation that this theory is equivalent to the low-energy sector of a spontaneously broken abelian Higgs model, but the existence of a charged background changes the nature of the symmetry breaking. As a result, it is not Neilsen-Olesen solutions but rather the spinning vortices which describe the macro-scopic properties of flux tubes in a superconductor. The relationship with Ginzburg-Landau theory is briefly discussed.

• OSTI ID: 6448796
• Journal Information: Modern Physics Letters A; (USA), Journal Name: Modern Physics Letters A; (USA) Vol. 5:12; ISSN 0217-7323; ISSN MPLAE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
COMPOSITE MODELS
DUALITY
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
GAUGE INVARIANCE
GINZBURG-LANDAU THEORY
HIGGS MODEL
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LOW-ENERGY THEOREM
MAGNETIC FLUX
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTICLE MODELS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
QUARK MODEL
STRING MODELS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
SUPERCONDUCTORS
SYMMETRY BREAKING
TENSOR FORCES
TYPE-II SUPERCONDUCTORS
VORTICES