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Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 137001 (2005) [4 pages]

Fractional-Flux Vortices and Spin Superfluidity in Triplet Superconductors

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Egor Babaev
LASSP, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-2501, USA
Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway

Received 10 March 2004; published 4 April 2005

We discuss a novel type of fractional-flux vortices along with integer flux vortices in Kosterlitz-Thouless transitions in a triplet superconductor. We show that under certain conditions a spin-triplet superconductor should exhibit a novel state of spin superfluidity without superconductivity.

© 2005 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.137001
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.137001
PACS:
74.78.-w, 74.20.Rp, 74.25.Dw