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Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5341–5344 (1999)

Dissipation Effects on the Superconductor-Insulator Transition in 2D Superconductors

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N. Mason and A. Kapitulnik
Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
and Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

Received 15 October 1998; published in the issue dated 28 June 1999

Results on the superconductor to insulator transition in two-dimensional films are analyzed in terms of a coupling of the system to a dissipative bath. Upon lowering the temperature the parameter that controls this coupling becomes relevant and a wide range of metallic phase is recovered.

© 1999 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5341
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5341
PACS:
74.20.-z, 73.40.Hm, 74.76.Db