Chern-Simons superconductivity at finite magnetic field
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208 016 (India)
- 2. Mehta Research Institute of Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, 10, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Allahabad, 211 002 (India)
Description
We study Chern-Simons (CS) superconductivity in the presence of uniform external magnetic field of arbitrary strength for a system of fermions in two spatial dimensions, which are minimally coupled both to the CS and Maxwell gauge fields. We have carried out the computation within the mean-field ansatz. Analyzing only the mean field (i.e., ignoring the fluctuations of the gauge fields), we find that chemical potential, susceptibility, and magnetization show discontinuities for integer number of filled Landau levels. Taking into account the fluctuations of the gauge fields, we find that the masses of the excitations increase with the magnetic field, and that the presence of nonlinear magnetic susceptibilities shows the absence of any critical or pseudocritical magnetic field. Finally, an interesting result is that, unlike ordinary superconductors, the system is magnetically asymmetric
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter
- Journal Volume
- 52
- Journal Issue
- 21
- Journal Page Range
- p. 15537-15544.
- ISSN
- 0163-1829
- CODEN
- PRBMDO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 27040212
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANYONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETISM; MEAN-FIELD THEORY; SUPERCONDUCTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUASI PARTICLES