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Vortices in the superconducting transition of the 2+1 Abelian Higgs model

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We study the phase transitions to the Higgs phase of the finite temperature 2+1 dimensional Abelian Higgs model in terms of Ginzburg-Landau vortices. We find that vorticity is a good order parameter which allows us to determine the order of the transitions.

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  1. Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janciro, C.P. 38071, 22453, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brasil

    M. G. Amaral

  2. Departamento de Campos e Particulas Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas Rua Xavier Sigaud 150, 22290, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brasil

    M. E. Pol

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Address after 1 November 1988; DESY Theory Group, Noktestr. 85, D-2000 Hamburg 52, FRG; supported by CNPq, Brasil

Address after 1 July 1988; CERN EP Division, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland; supported by CNPq, Brasil

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Amaral, M.G., Pol, M.E. Vortices in the superconducting transition of the 2+1 Abelian Higgs model. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 44, 515–521 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01415568

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