Monte Carlo Simulations of a Disordered Superconductor-Metal Quantum Phase Transition
Abstract
We investigate the quantum phase transitions of a disordered nanowire from superconducting to metallic behavior by employing extensive Monte Carlo simulations. To this end, we map the quantum action onto a (1+1)-dimensional classical XY model with long-range interactions in imaginary time. We then analyze the finite-size scaling behavior of the order parameter susceptibility, the correlation time, the superfluid density, and the compressibility. We find strong numerical evidence for the critical behavior to be of infinite-randomness type and to belong to the random transverse-field Ising universality class, as predicted by a recent strong disorder renormalization group calculation.
Recommended Citation
A. K. Ibrahim and T. Vojta, "Monte Carlo Simulations of a Disordered Superconductor-Metal Quantum Phase Transition," European Physical Journal B, vol. 91, no. 12, Springer Heidelberg, Dec 2018.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2018-90497-5
Department(s)
Physics
Research Center/Lab(s)
Center for High Performance Computing Research
Keywords and Phrases
Solid State and Materials
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1434-6028; 1434-6036
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2018 Springer Heidelberg, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Dec 2018
Comments
This article is corrected by Erratum To: Monte Carlo Simulations of a Disordered Superconductor-Metal Quantum Phase Transition (The European Physical Journal B, (2018), 91, 12, (311), 10.1140/epjb/e2018-90497-5).