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Phase and vortex correlations in Josephson-junction arrays at irrational frustration
Phase coherence and vortex order in a Josephson-junction array at irrational
frustration are studied by extensive Monte Carlo simulations using the parallel
tempering method. A scaling analysis of the correlation length of phase
variables in the full equilibrated system shows that the critical temperature
vanishes with a power-law divergent correlation length and critical exponent
, in agreement with recent results from resistivity scaling analysis.
A similar scaling analysis for vortex variables reveals a different critical
exponent , suggesting that there are two distinct correlation lengths
associated with a decoupled zero-temperature phase transition.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
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