Published January 1, 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Dynamics of the normal to vortex-glass transition: Mean-field theory and fluctuations

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Virginia, McCormick Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 (United States)
  • 2. Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-2501 (United States)
  • 3. IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, P. O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598 (United States)

Description

A mean-field theory is developed for the recently proposed normal to superconducting vortex-glass transition. Using techniques developed to study the critical dynamics of spin glasses, we calculate the mean-field vortex-glass boundary Tg(H), and find that the dynamic critical exponent z=4 in mean-field theory. In addition, we find that the fluctuation conductivity in the vicinity of the transition has the form σ∼ξ(2-d+z), in agreement with recent scaling theories of the transition. The extension of these results beyond the mean-field regime is also discussed

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
1
Series
Phys. Rev., B Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
523-526
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMD