Numerical study of vortex-glass order in random-superconductor and related spin-glass models

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1992 · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.45.7547· OSTI ID:7297505

Gingras, M J.P. ^[1]

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1. Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Superieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris CEDEX 05 (France)

A model of disordered superconducting grains in a strong magnetic field, a related random-gauge glass model, and two versions of an {ital XY} spin-glass model with random spin-orbit interactions are discussed. Results from an extensive zero-temperature finite-size scaling study of the defect-wall energy are presented to show that these four models probably belong to a new spin-glass universality class and that the lower critical dimension for a vortex-glass transition at nonzero temperature in these models is slightly {ital below} {ital three} {ital dimensions}.

• OSTI ID: 7297505
• Journal Information: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States), Vol. 45:13; ISSN 0163-1829
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
SPIN GLASS STATE
ORDER-DISORDER TRANSFORMATIONS
SUPERCONDUCTORS
MAGNETIC FLUX
GRANULAR MATERIALS
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
SCALING
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
665411* - Basic Superconductivity Studies- (1992-)
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