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Outline: 1. Introduction: RG fixed points and cyclic limits 2. Extended BCS Hamiltonian

André LeClair J osé M aría Román G ermán Sierra (c ond-mat/0211338 ) IFT – CSIC/UA M http://www.uam.es/josemaria.roman/. Russian Doll Renormalization Group and Superconductivity. Outline: 1. Introduction: RG fixed points and cyclic limits

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Outline: 1. Introduction: RG fixed points and cyclic limits 2. Extended BCS Hamiltonian

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  1. André LeClair José María Román Germán Sierra (cond-mat/0211338) IFT – CSIC/UAM http://www.uam.es/josemaria.roman/ Russian Doll Renormalization Group and Superconductivity Outline: 1. Introduction: RG fixed points and cyclic limits 2. Extended BCS Hamiltonian 3. Mean-field solution 4. Beta function and cyclic RG 5. Synchronicity of the mean-field and the RG 6. Conclusions and prospects

  2. IR fixed points UV fixed points cyclic regime 1. Introduction: RG fixed points and cyclic limits The Kosterlitz-Thouless diagram exhibits a rich behavior in the RG flows 2D XY spin systems • P.F. Badeque, H.-W. Hamer and U. van Kolck, PRL 82 (1999) 463. • S.D. Glazek and K.G. Wilson, hep-th/0203088.

  3. PAIR OPERATORS 2. Extended BCS Hamiltonian The Hamiltonian for the study of a superconducting system with N-levels is given by: Single electrons decouple We consider just a hamiltonian for pairs The extended BCS Hamiltonian:

  4. 3. Mean-field solution The BCS variational ansatz: yields Taking the continuum limit:

  5. Scaling behavior the condensation energies: General solution to the gap equation: Infinite number of solutions Spectrum In the low energy regime:

  6. 4. Beta function and cyclic RG In a discrete system the RG eliminates energy levels An effective hamiltonian can be constructed by considering the virtual processes involving the N-th level Effective coupling:

  7. In our problem: RG invariant In the large-N limit we define a RG scale: Beta function: RG solution: Cyclic behavior of the RG:

  8. The cyclicity is shown in the spectrum: • After a cycle lwe recover the same coupling • Two systems with sizes and • and the same couplings have the same spectrum g, qfixed Agrees with mean-field solution One Cooper pair for fixed couplings and different sizes

  9. Running coupling constant: What does it happen at points where ? Using the MF solution: for scales equal to mean-field solutions; a condensate disappears from the spectrum 5. Synchronicity of the mean-field and the RG Russian-doll Renormalization Group

  10. 6. Conclusions and prospects • We have presented a complex extension of the standard BCS Hamiltonian. • The Mean-Field solution yields an infinite number of condensates, related by a scaling transformation. • The coupling constant shows a cyclic behavior under RG transformations, . • This Russian-doll behavior of the RG is intimately related to the existence of the condensates. • PROSPECTS: • The parameter qcould provide for a mechanism to increase the value of the gap. • The existence of multiple gaps would be revealed by a set of critical temperatures following: • Models as XXZ spin chain or sine-Gordon are susceptible of presenting limit cycles in their RG flow, which could be understood from a string formulation.

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