Superconducting Coherence Length and Magnetic Penetration Depth of a p-wave Holographic Superconductor

TL;DR

This paper analytically calculates the coherence length and magnetic penetration depth of a p-wave holographic superconductor near the critical temperature, confirming their consistency with Ginzburg-Landau theory.

Contribution

It provides an analytical derivation of the coherence length and penetration depth in a holographic p-wave superconductor, linking gravity perturbations to superconductor properties.

Findings

Coherence length $\xi$ diverges as $(1-T/T_c)^{-1/2}$ near $T_c$.

Magnetic penetration depth $\xi$ scales as $(T_c-T)^{1/2}$.

Results align with Ginzburg-Landau theory predictions.

Abstract

A classical SU(2) Einstein-Yang-Mills theory in 3+1 dimensional anti-de Sitter spacetime is believed to be dual to a p-wave superconductor in 2+1 dimensional flat spacetime. In order to calculate the superconductiong coherence length $\xi$ of the holographic superconductor near the superconducting phase transition point, we study the perturbation of the gravity theory analytically. The superconductiong coherence length $\xi$ is found to be proportional to $(1-T/T_c)^{-1/2}$ near the critical temperature $T_c$. We also obtain the magnetic penetration depth $\lambda\propto(T_c-T)^{1/2}$ by adding a small external homogeneous magnetic field. The results agree with the Ginzburg-Landau theory.