ELASTIC MODES, PHASE FLUCTUATIONS, AND LONG-RANGE ORDER IN TYPE-II SUPERCONDUCTORS

被引:29
作者
HOUGHTON, A
PELCOVITS, RA
SUDBO, A
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1990年 / 42卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.42.906
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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We consider the effect of thermal fluctuations on the phase of the superconducting order parameter of the Abrikosov flux-line-lattice state of a type-II superconductor. While in the electrodynamic gauges usually chosen there are apparently divergent phase fluctuations, we show that the gauge-invariant phase has a finite average value. Thus, conventional superconducting long-range order is present in a three-dimensional flux line lattice. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:906 / 908
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