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Zeroth order phase transition in a holographic superconductor with single impurity

  • School of Mathematics and Physics
  • Bohai University
  • Utrecht University

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Abstract

We investigate the single normal impurity effect in a superconductor by the holographic method. When the size of impurity is much smaller than the host superconductor, we can reproduce the Anderson theorem, which states that a conventional s-wave superconductor is robust to a normal (non-magnetic) impurity with small impurity strength. However, by increasing the size of the impurity in a fixed-size host superconductor, we find a decreasing critical temperature Tcof the host superconductor, which agrees with the results in condensed matter literatures. More importantly, the phase transition at the critical impurity strength (or the critical temperature) is of zeroth order.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)276-288
Number of pages13
JournalNuclear Physics B
Volume897
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2015
Externally publishedYes

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