Published January 20, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Correlated magnetic impurities in a superconductor: electron density profiles and robustness of superconductivity

  • 1. Centro de Fisica das Interaccoes Fundamentais, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa (Portugal)

Description

The insertion of magnetic impurities in a conventional superconductor leads to various effects. In this work we show that the electron density is affected by the spins (considered as classical) both locally and globally. The charge accumulation is solved self-consistently. This affects the transport properties along magnetic domain walls. Also, we show that superconductivity is more robust if the spin locations are not random but correlated.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/22/2/025701

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0953-8984/22/2/025701;
PII
S0953-8984(10)30682-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
[9 p.]
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41106321
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRON DENSITY; IMPURITIES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; RANDOMNESS; SPIN; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SUPERCONDUCTORS
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES