On the applicability of the layered sine-Gordon model for Josephson-coupled high-T_c layered superconductors
arXiv:cond-mat/0703750 · doi:10.1088/0953-8984/19/23/236226
Abstract
We find a mapping of the layered sine-Gordon model to an equivalent gas of topological excitations and determine the long-range interaction potentials of the topological defects. This enables us to make a detailed comparison to the so-called layered vortex gas, which can be obtained from the layered Ginzburg-Landau model. The layered sine-Gordon model has been proposed in the literature as a candidate field-theoretical model for Josephson-coupled high-T_c superconductors, and the implications of our analysis for the applicability of the layered sine-Gordon model to high-T_c superconductors are discussed. We are led to the conjecture that the layered sine--Gordon and the layered vortex gas models belong to different universality classes. The determination of the critical temperature of the layered sine-Gordon model is based on a renormalization-group analysis.
arXiv comment7 pages, accepted for publication in J. Phys.: Condens. Matter
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