Abstract
I propose that the phase transition in recently observed by Krishana et al. [Science 277, 83 (1997)] is the development of a small superconducting order parameter phased by with respect to the principal one to produce a minimum energy gap . The violation of both parity and time-reversal symmetry allows the development of a magnetic moment, the key to explaining the experiment. The origin of this moment is a quantized boundary current of at zero temperature.
- Received 2 September 1997
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.5188
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