M. Wallin et al., SUPERCONDUCTOR-INSULATOR TRANSITION IN 2-DIMENSIONAL DIRTY BOSON SYSTEMS, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 49(17), 1994, pp. 12115-12139
Universal properties of the zero-temperature superconductor-insulator
transition in two-dimensional amorphous films are studied by extensive
Monte Carlo simulations of bosons in a disordered medium. We report r
esults for both short-range and long-range Coulomb interactions for se
veral different points in parameter space. In all cases we observe a t
ransition from a superconducting phase to an insulating Bose glass pha
se. From finite-size scaling of our Monte Carlo data we determine the
universal conductivity sigma and the critical exponents at the transi
tion. The result sigma = (0.55+/-0.06)(2e)2/h for bosons with long-ra
nge Coulomb interaction is roughly consistent with experiments reporte
d so far. We also find sigma = (0.14 +/- 0.03)(2e)2/h for bosons with
short-range interactions.