2001/10/31 by Igor F. Herbut · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Condensed Matter Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #cond-mat.str-el #cond-mat.supr-con #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.88.047006
published as Phys.Rev.Lett. 88 (2002) 047006 · RevTex, 4 pages, one ps figure; comments on confinement in the SDW added, references updated; final version
arxiv created 2002/01/10 · openalex publication_date 2002/01/14 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The unbinding of vortex defects in the superconducting condensate with d-wave symmetry at T = 0 is shown to lead to the insulator with incommensurate spin-density-wave order. The transition is similar to the spontaneous generation of the chiral mass in the three-dimensional quantum electrodynamics. A possible relation to recent experiments on underdoped cuprates is discussed.