Phase transition in the XY gauge glass

Gun Sang Jeon, Seunghwan Kim, M. Y. Choi

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Abstract

We study both analytically and numerically the phase transition in the two-dimensional XY gauge glass, which describes superconducting arrays in random transverse magnetic fields. We introduce the modified Villain scheme as an attempt toward more accurate expansion at low temperatures; this leads to random couplings, which originate from the randomness of the ground-state configuration. It is then found via the renormalization-group method that the randomness in couplings tends to suppress the re-entrant transition. We also present results of Monte Carlo simulations, which are in general consistent with those obtained analytically. Finally, the possibility of glass ordering is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)16211-16219
Number of pages9
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume51
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995

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