Effect of time reversal symmetry breaking on the density of states in small superconducting grains

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作者
Beloborodov, IS [1 ]
Narozhny, BN
Aleiner, IL
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[1] Ruhr Univ Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
[2] SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Phys & Astron, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA
[3] Ctr Adv Studies, N-0271 Oslo, Norway
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.816
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We show that in ultrasmall superconducting grains any concentration of magnetic impurities or infinitely small orbital effect of magnetic field leads to destruction of the hard gap in the tunneling density of states, and find analytically the exponential rail at low energies. Thus, the tunneling density of states exhibits the "soft gap" behavior. As the energy approaches zero, it vanishes linearly with excitation energy.
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