Numerical study of the stability regions for half-quantum vortices in superconducting Sr2RuO4

We numerically solve the coupled Landau-Ginzburg-Maxwell equations for a model of a spin triplet px + ipy superconductor in which whole or half-quanta of flux thread through a hole. We recover the pattern of stable and unstable regions for the half-flux quanta observed in a recent experiment. : 15 p...

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Main Authors: Roberts, Kevin, Budakian, Raffi, Stone, Michael
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: arXiv 2013
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IPY
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1304.4663
https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.4663
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Summary:We numerically solve the coupled Landau-Ginzburg-Maxwell equations for a model of a spin triplet px + ipy superconductor in which whole or half-quanta of flux thread through a hole. We recover the pattern of stable and unstable regions for the half-flux quanta observed in a recent experiment. : 15 pages, 6 figures