The thermally driven confinement-deconfinement transition exhibited by lattice quantum electrodynamics in two space dimensions is reexamined in the context of the statistical gauge fields common to anyon superconductors and to spin liquids. Particle-hole excitations in both systems are bound by a confining string at temperatures below the transition temperature ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$ . We argue that ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$ coincides with the actual critical temperature for anyon superconductivity. The corresponding specific-heat contribution, however, shows a smooth peak just below ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$ characteristic of certain high-temperature superconductors.The thermally driven confinement-deconfinement transition exhibited by lattice quantum electrodynamics in two space dimensions is reexamined in the context of the statistical gauge fields common to anyon superconductors and to spin liquids. Particle-hole excitations in both systems are bound by a confining string at temperatures below the transition temperature ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$. We argue that ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$ coincides with the actual critical temperature for anyon superconductivity. The corresponding specific-heat contribution, however, shows a smooth peak just below ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$ characteristic of certain high-temperature superconductors.

arXiv:cond-mat/9410068Physical review. B, Condensed matterApr 1, 19953 citations

Anyon quarks and superconductivity

A.M. Din

Physics Letters BNov 1, 19893 citations

{\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}

. We argue that

{\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}

coincides with the actual critical temperature for anyon superconductivity. The corresponding specific-heat contribution, however, shows a smooth peak just below

{\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}

characteristic of certain high-temperature superconductors.