HOMOTOPY CLASSIFICATION OF MINIMIZERS OF THE GINZBURG-LANDAU ENERGY AND THE EXISTENCE OF PERMANENT CURRENTS

Authors
RUBINSTEIN J STERNBERG P
Citation
J. Rubinstein et P. Sternberg, HOMOTOPY CLASSIFICATION OF MINIMIZERS OF THE GINZBURG-LANDAU ENERGY AND THE EXISTENCE OF PERMANENT CURRENTS, Communications in Mathematical Physics, 179(1), 1996, pp. 257-263
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematical Method, Physical Science","Physycs, Mathematical
Journal title
Communications in Mathematical Physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00103616
Volume
179
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
257 - 263
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-3616(1996)179:1<257:HCOMOT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Our objective is to explain the phenomenon of permanent currents withi n the context of the Ginzburg-Landau model for superconductors. Using variational techniques we make a connection between the formation of p ermanent currents and the topology of the superconducting sample.