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arXiv:cond-mat/9904092

Time-Dependent Ginzburg-Landau Theory and Duality

Adriaan M. J. Schakel

Published Apr 7, 1999• 1 citation
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Abstract

In the first part of this review paper, the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory is derived starting from the microscopic BCS model with the help of a derivative expansion. Special attention is paid to two space dimensions, where the entire crossover from the weak-coupling BCS limit to the strong-coupling BEC limit of tightly bound fermion pairs is accessible analytically. The second part deals with the dual approach to the time-independent Ginzburg-Landau theory in three space dimensions. In this approach, the magnetic vortices of a superconductor play the central role, and the superconductor-to-normal phase transition is understood as a proliferation of these vortices.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9904092

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