0 Quantum superconductor - metal transition
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چکیده
We consider a system of superconducting grains embedded in a normal metal. At zero temperature this system exhibits a quantum superconductor-normal metal phase transition. This transition can take place at arbitrary large con-ductance of the normal metal.
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