Abstract

We consider an anisotropic gap superconductor in the vicinity of the disorder-driven quantum critical point. Starting with the BCS Hamiltonian, we derive the Ginzburg-Landau action, which is a critical theory with the dynamic critical exponent, z=2. This allows us to use the parquet method to calculate the nonperturbative effect of quantum superconducting fluctuations on thermodynamics. We derive a general expression for the fluctuation magnetic susceptibility, which exhibits a crossover from the logarithmic dependence, chi proportional to ln delta n, valid beyond the Ginzburg region to chi proportional to ln(1/5)delta n valid in the immediate vicinity of the transition (where delta n is the deviation from the critical disorder concentration). These nonperturbative results may describe the quantum critical behavior of overdoped high-temperature cuprates, disordered p-wave superconductors, and conventional superconducting films with magnetic impurities.

Publication Details
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Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2008
Volume
100
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.127001
Journal
Physical Review Letters
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