Introduction to Superconductivity. Chapter 6. Ginzburg-Landau Theory.

Superconductivity: Ginzburg-Landau Theory

Single Spin Superconductivity: Formulation and Ginzburg-Landau Theory

We describe a novel superconducting phase that arises due to a pairing instability of the half-metallic antiferromagnetic (HM AFM) normal state. This single spin superconducting (SSS) phase contains broken time reversal symmetry in addition to broken gauge symmetry, the former due to the underlying magnetic order in the normal state. A classification of normal state symmetries leads to the conc...

(0,2) Landau-ginzburg Theory ⋆

A large class of (0,2) Calabi-Yau σ-models and Landau-Ginzburg orbifolds are shown to arise as different “phases” of supersymmetric gauge theories. We find a phenomenon in the Landau-Ginzburg phase which may enable one to understand which Calabi-Yau σ-models evade destabilization by worldsheet instantons. Examples of (0,2) LandauGinzburg vacua are analyzed in detail, and several novel features ...

Time - dependent Ginzburg - Landau approach and application to superconductivity

Abstract A time dependent generalization of the Ginzburg -Landau Lagrangian is proposed. It contains two terms determining the time dependence and the four arbitrary scalar functions. Relevant equations, which coincide with equations following from the suitable Hamiltonian, are derived by a standard variational technique. These equations determine the energy conservation law and admit twofold t...

Analysis and Approximation of the Ginzburg-Landau Model of Superconductivity

The authors consider the Ginzburg-Landau model for superconductivity. First some well-known features of superconducting materials are reviewed and then various results concerning the model, the resultant differential equations, and their solution on bounded domains are derived. Then, finite element approximations of the solutions of the Ginzburg-Landau equations are considered and error estimat...