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April 21, 2026, 15:00, Physics Seminar Room
Speaker: Pavel Orlov, Nanocenter CENN, Slovenia & Gregor Humar, Complex Matter Department, Jozef Stefan Institute & Nanocenter CENN, Slovenia
Circuits Built from Pairwise Difference Conserving Gates: From Loop Symmetries to Localization Transitions Pavel Orlov Nanocenter CENN, Slovenia We introduce a class of dynamical models built from local ...
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Density of scattering resonances in a disordered system & Effect of superconductivity on non-uniform magnetization in disordered Superconductor-Ferromagnet junctions

April 7, 2026, 15:00, Physics Seminar Room
Speaker: Mikhail Kurilov & Andrei Levin, Nanocenter CENN, Slovenia

Density of scattering resonances in a disordered system

Mikhail  Kurilov

Nanocenter CENN, Slovenia

Reflection of particles from a disordered or chaotic medium is characterized by a scattering matrix that can be represented as a superposition of resonances. Each resonance corresponds to an eigenstate inside the medium and has a width related to the decay time of this eigenstate. We develop a general approach to study the distribution function of these resonance widths based on the nonlinear sigma model. We derive an integral representation of the distribution function that works equally well for systems of any symmetry and for any type of coupling to the measuring device. From this integral representation we find explicit analytic expressions for the distribution function in the case of disordered metallic grains. We also compare the analytic results to large-scale numerical simulations and observe their perfect agreement.

Related publication:

arXiv:2512.18717

 

Effect of superconductivity on non-uniform magnetization in disordered  Superconductor-Ferromagnet  junctions

Andrei Levin

Nanocenter CENN, Slovenia

We study proximity effect in a tunnel junction between a bulk superconductor and a thin disordered ferromagnetic layer on its surface. Cooper pairs penetrating from the superconductor into the ferromagnet tend to destabilize its uniform magnetic order. Competition of this effect and  intrinsic magnetic stiffness of the ferromagnet leads to a second-order phase transition between uniform and non-uniform magnetic states. Using semiclassical Usadel equations, we derive Landau functional for this transition and construct  complete phase diagram of the system.

Related publication:

arXiv:2512.08044