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Disorder-driven quantum phase transitions in superconductors and magnets

Authors :
Marc Mézard
Lev Ioffe
Center for Materials Theory [Piscataway]
Department of Physics and Astronomy [Piscataway]
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey [New Brunswick] (RU)
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Rutgers University System (Rutgers)-Rutgers University System (Rutgers)
Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques (LPTMS)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)
Source :
Physical Review Letters, Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society, 2010, 105, pp.037001. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.037001⟩
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

4 pages, 1 figure; International audience; We develop an analytical theory, based on the quantum cavity method, describing the quantum phase transitions in low-temperature, strongly disordered ferromagnets and superconductors. At variance with the usual quantum critical points, we find a phase diagram with two critical points separating three phases. When the disorder increases, the systems goes from the ordered phase to an intermediate disordered phase characterized by activated transport and then to a second disordered phase where no transport is possible. Both the ordered and disordered phases exhibit strong inhomogeneity of their basic properties typical of glassy physics.

Details

ISSN :
10797114 and 00319007
Volume :
105
Issue :
3
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....e1bf3e11c86a1195abbc79be3b5d9e96