Absence of a dissipative quantum phase transition in Josephson junctions: Theory
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.14754v3
- Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 15:26:46 GMT
- Title: Absence of a dissipative quantum phase transition in Josephson junctions: Theory
- Authors: Carles Altimiras, Daniel Esteve, Çağlar Girit, Hélène le Sueur, Philippe Joyez,
- Abstract summary: We investigate the resistively shunted Josephson junction (RSJ)
We find that shunting a junction makes it more superconducting.
We reveal that the UV cutoff of the resistor plays an unforeseen key role in these systems.
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- Abstract: We investigate the resistively shunted Josephson junction (RSJ), using the stochastic Liouville equation method in imaginary time - an exact scheme based on the Feynman-Vernon influence functional. The formulation we use makes it clear that Schmid's superconducting - insulating quantum phase transition long believed to occur in the RSJ is forbidden already at the qualitative level. This confirms theoretically a similar conclusion based on experimental observations drawn in 2020 by Murani et al. For all parameters investigated, we find that shunting a junction makes it more superconducting. We reveal that the UV cutoff of the resistor plays an unforeseen key role in these systems, and show that the erroneous prediction of an insulating state resulted from ill-assuming it would not.
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