Quantum Confinement Transition in a D-Wave Superconductor

Authors

Courtney Lannert, University of California, Santa BarbaraFollow
T. Senthil, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
Matthew P. Fisher, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Publication Title

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Abstract

We study the nature of the zero-temperature phase transition between a d-wave superconductor and a Mott insulator in two dimensions. In this "quantum confinement transition", spin and charge are confined to form the electron in the Mott insulator. Within a dual formulation, direct transitions from d-wave superconductors at half-filling to insulators with spin-Peierls (as well as other) order emerge naturally. The possibility of striped superconductors is also discussed within the dual formulation. The transition is described by nodal fermions and bosonic vortices, interacting via a long-ranged statistical interaction modeled by two coupled Chern-Simons gauge fields, and the critical properties of this model are discussed.

Volume

63

Issue

13

First Page

1345101

Last Page

13451011

DOI

10.1103/physrevb.63.134510

ISSN

01631829

Rights

©2001 American Physical Society

Comments

Archived as published.

Recommended Citation

Lannert, Courtney; Senthil, T.; and Fisher, Matthew P., "Quantum Confinement Transition in a D-Wave Superconductor" (2001). Physics: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/phy_facpubs/74