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arxiv 0705.1890 v1 pith:R245TKXI submitted 2007-05-14 cond-mat.supr-con cond-mat.mes-hall

Microscopic analysis of the superconducting quantum critical point: Finite temperature crossovers in transport near a pair-breaking quantum phase transition

classification cond-mat.supr-con cond-mat.mes-hall
keywords quantumsuperconductingtemperatureconductivityfluctuationspair-breakinganalysisbehavior
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A microscopic analysis of the superconducting quantum critical point realized via a pair-breaking quantum phase transition is presented. Finite temperature crossovers are derived for the electrical conductivity, which is a key probe of superconducting fluctuations. By using the diagrammatic formalism for disordered systems, we are able to incorporate the interplay between fluctuating Cooper pairs and electrons, that is outside the scope of a time-dependent Ginzburg Landau or effective bosonic action formalism. It is essential to go beyond the standard approximation in order to capture the zero temperature correction which results purely from the (dynamic) quantum fluctuations and dictates the behavior of the conductivity in an entire low temperature quantum regime. All dynamic contributions are of the same order and conspire to add up to a negative total, thereby inhibiting the conductivity as a result of superconducting fluctuations. On the contrary, the classical and the intermediate regimes are dominated by the positive bosonic channel. Our theory is applicable in one, two and three dimensions and is relevant for experiments on superconducting nanowires, doubly-connected cylinders, thin films and bulk in the presence of magnetic impurities, magnetic field or other pair-breakers. A window of non-monotonic behavior is predicted to exist as either the temperature or the pair-breaking parameter is swept.

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