Investigation on the ground states of a model thin-film superconductor on a sphere

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/29/10/028zbMATH Open0900.82103arXivcond-mat/9512124OpenAlexW3101325226MaRDI QIDQ4389959FDOQ4389959

Authors: M. J. W. Dodgson 

Publication date: 24 May 1998

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the problem of finding the ground state of a model type-II superconductor on the two-dimensional surface of a sphere, penetrated by $N$ vortices. Numerical work shows the ground states to consist of a triangular network of the vortices with twelve five-coordinated centres. Values of $N$ are found with particularly low energy ground states, due to structures of high symmetry. The large $N$ limit is treated within elasticity theory to compare with the triangular vortex lattice that forms the ground state on an infinite flat plane. Together with numerical work this demonstrates that the thermodynamic limit $Nightarrowinfty$ of the spherical system remains different from the flat plane due to the presence of twelve disclination defects.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9512124

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55)

Cited In (1)

• Relative equilibria of point vortices on the sphere

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