Gauge invariance and spontaneous symmetry breaking in two-gap superconductors

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2014.07.011zbMATH Open1301.81083arXiv1408.1842OpenAlexW2051312620MaRDI QIDQ480263FDOQ480263

Miguel C. N. Fiolhais, J. L. Birman

Publication date: 8 December 2014

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The gauge symmetry of the Ginzburg-Landau theory for two-gap superconductors is analyzed in this letter. We argue that the existence of two different phases, associated with the two independent scalar Higgs fields, explicitly breaks the gauge symmetry of the Ginzburg-Landau hamiltonian, unless a new additional vector field is included. Furthermore, the interference term, or Josephson coupling, holding a direct dependence with the phase difference, also explicitly breaks down the gauge symmetry. We show that a solution for the problem is achieved by adding an additional kinetic coupling term between the two vector fields, which generates the desired terms through a spontaneous symmetry breaking mechanism. Finally, the electrodynamics of the system is also presented in terms of the supercurrents inside the superconducting region.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.1842

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55)

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