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Physics 2000
Interaction-induced Bose Metal in 2DDOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.052507 Abstract: We show here that the regularization of the conductivity resulting from the bosonic interactions on the `insulating' (quantum disordered) side of an insulator-superconductor transition in 2D gives rise to a metal with a finite conductivity, $\sigma =(2/\pi) 4 e^2/h$, as temperature tends to zero. The Bose metal is stable to weak disorder and hence represents a concrete example of an interaction-induced metallic phase. Phenomenological inclusion of dissipation reinstates the anticipated insulating behaviour in the quantum-disordered regime. Hence, we conclude that the traditionally-studied insulator-superconductor transition, which is driven solely by quantum fluctuations, corresponds to a superconductor-metal transition. The possible relationship to experiments on superconducting thin films in which a low-temperature metallic phase has been observed is discussed.
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