Analytic determination of the interface delocalization transition in low-κ superconductors

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 94-102

  Boulter, C J ^a   Indekeu, J O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DEFECTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHASE DIAGRAMS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

DELOCALIZATION; ORDER PARAMETER;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0043095264     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4534(96)00538-2     Document Type: Article

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16. 1, ≈ (1 - coth C). In the region relevant to our phase boundary analysis the breakdown only occurs for κ ≫ 1. Thus we find κ* (τ = -0.6) ≈ 7.16, κ*(τ = -0.4) ≈ 3.31 and κ* (τ = -0.2) ≈ 1.15. However as |T| → 0 the coth-like solutions are not valid across the wide range 0 < κ < I but rather a much reduced range, for example κ* (τ = - 0.1) = 0.48 and κ* (τ = - 0.05) ≈ 0.22.