81 research outputs found
About the magnetic fluctuation effect on the phase transition to superconducting state in Al
The free energy and the order parameter profile near the phase transition to
the superconducting state in bulk Al samples are calculated within a
mean-field-like approximation. The results are compared with those for thin
films.Comment: 11 pages, miktex, 2 figure
Thermodynamics of ferromagnetic superconductors with spin-triplet electron pairing
We present a general thermodynamic theory that describes phases and phase
transitions of ferromagnetic superconductors with spin-triplet electron Cooper
pairing. The theory is based on extended Ginzburg-Landau expansion in powers of
superconducting and ferromagnetic order parameters. We propose a simple form
for the dependence of theory parameters on the pressure that allows correct
theoretical outline of the temperature-pressure phase diagram for which at low
temperatures a stable phase of coexistence of p-wave superconductivity and
itinerant ferromagnetism appears. We demonstrate that the theory is in an
agreement with the experimental data for some intermetallic compounds that are
experimentally proven to be itinerant ferromagnetic exhibiting spin-triplet
superconductivity. Some basic features of quantum phase transitions in such
systems are explained and clarified. We propose to group the spin-triplet
ferromagnetic superconductors in two different types of thermodynamic behavior,
on the basis of quantitative criterion deduced from the present theory and the
analysis of experimental data.Comment: Phys. Rev. B (2009) in PRESS; 14 pages, 1 table, 6 figures, Latex2
Meissner phases in spin-triplet ferromagnetic superconductors
We present new results for the properties of phases and phase transitions in
spin-triplet ferromagnetic superconductors. The superconductivity of the mixed
phase of coexistence of ferromagnetism and unconventional superconductivity is
triggered by the presence of spontaneous magnetization. The mixed phase is
stable but the other superconducting phases that usually exist in
unconventional superconductors are either unstable or for particular values of
the parameters of the theory some of them are metastable at relatively low
temperatures in a quite narrow domain of the phase diagram. Phase transitions
from the normal phase to the phase of coexistence is of first order while the
phase transition from the ferromagnetic phase to the coexistence phase can be
either of first or second order depending on the concrete substance. Cooper
pair and crystal anisotropies determine a more precise outline of the phase
diagram shape and reduce the degeneration of ground states of the system but
they do not change drastically phase stability domains and thermodynamic
properties of the respective phases. The results are discussed in view of
application to metallic ferromagnets as UGe2, ZrZn2, URhGe.Comment: 21 pages, 7 figures; Phys. Rev. B (2005) in pres
Effective spatial dimension of extremal non-dilatonic black p-branes and the description of entropy on the world volume
By investigating the critical behavior appearing at the extremal limit of the
non-dilatonic, black p-branes in (d+p) dimensions, we find that some critical
exponents related to the critical point obey the scaling laws. From the scaling
laws we obtain that the effective spatial dimension of the non-dilatonic black
holes and black strings is one, and is p for the non-dilatonic black p-branes.
For the dilatonic black holes and black p-branes, the effective dimension will
depend on the parameters in theories. Thus, we give an interpretation why the
Bekenstein-Hawking entropy may be given a simple world volume interpretation
only for the non-dilatonic black p-branes.Comment: 4 pages, RevTex, no figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
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