Field Theoretical Approaches to the Superconducting Phase Transition
arXiv:cond-mat/0303485 · doi:10.1142/9789812565440_0006
Abstract
Several field theoretical approaches to the superconducting phase transition are discussed. Emphasis is given to theories of scaling and renormalization group in the context of the Ginzburg-Landau theory and its variants. Also discussed is the duality approach, which allows to access the strong-coupling limit of the Ginzburg-Landau theory.
arXiv commentLaTex, 33 pages, 5 figures; article based on lectures delivered by F.S. Nogueira in the "Ising Lectures", in Lviv, March 2002; to appear in the World Scientific review volume "Order, Disorder, and Criticality", Edited by Yurij Holovatch