The superconductor-insulator transition in disordered thin films


  Amir Erez  ,  Yigal Meir  
Ben Gurion University

The superconductor-insulator transition (SIT) has been an ongoing theoretical problem since the early days of BCS theory.

Starting from a first-principles approach, we characterize 'conventional' superconducting order and present numerical results for its temperature dependence. We discuss implications on the role of the Kosterlitz-Thouless description of the SIT.