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Russian doll renormalization group and superconductivity

André LeClair, José María Román, and Germán Sierra
Phys. Rev. B 69, 020505(R) – Published 27 January 2004
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Abstract

We show that a simple extension of the standard BCS Hamiltonian leads to an infinite number of BCS eigenstates with different energy gaps and self-similar properties, described by a cyclic renormalization group flow of the BCS coupling constant which returns to its original value after a finite renormalization group time.

  • Received 21 October 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.020505

©2004 American Physical Society

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André LeClair*, José María Román, and Germán Sierra

  • Instituto de Física Teórica, UAM/CSIC, Madrid, Spain

  • *On leave from Newman Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.

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Vol. 69, Iss. 2 — 1 January 2004

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