VORTEX ENTANGLEMENT AND BROKEN SYMMETRY

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作者
SCHONENBERGER, A [1 ]
GESHKENBEIN, V [1 ]
BLATTER, G [1 ]
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[1] LD LANDAU THEORET PHYS INST,MOSCOW 117940,RUSSIA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.1380
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Based on the London approximation, we investigate numerically the stability of the elementary configurations of entanglement, the twisted pair and the twisted triplet, in the vortex-lattice and -liquid phases. We find that, except for the dilute limit, the twisted pair is unstable and hence irrelevant in the discussion of entanglement. In the lattice phase the twisted triplet constitutes a metastable, confined configuration of high energy. Loss of lattice symmetry upon melting leads to deconfinement, and the twisted triplet turns into a low-energy helical configuration.
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页码:1380 / 1383
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