Abstract
We study in detail a critical line on the phase diagram of the Cho-Fisher network model separating three different phases: metallic and two distinct localized phases with different quantized thermal Hall conductances. This system describes noninteracting quasiparticles in disordered superconductors that have neither time-reversal nor spin-rotational invariance. We find that in addition to a tricritical fixed point WT on the critical line, separating two localized phases, there exists an additional repulsive fixed point WN (where the vortex disorder concentration WN < WT), which splits RG flow into opposite directions: toward a clean Ising model at W=0 and toward WT.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 033406 |
| Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 21 Jan 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics