First-Order Reentrant Transition in Granular Superconducting Films
- 26 November 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 53 (22), 2177-2180
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.53.2177
Abstract
A quantum Monte Carlo method is developed to treat path integrals at finite temperature and with topological constraints to study a periodic model of a granular superconductor. The results obtained provide strong evidence for a low-temperature first-order reentrant transition induced by zero-point quantum fluctuations.Keywords
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