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A model for disordered superfluids and superconductors is considered in terms of the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equation with a random order parameter field. Two characteristic cases are distinguished: model I with a real order parameter (time reversal invariant system) and model II with a complex order parameter (broken time reversal invariance). The fluctuations of the order parameter close the gap in both models, and we investigate the states at the center of the filled gap. The two models have distinctive properties in terms of the quasiparticle states due to different symmetries. Model II exhibits only localized quasiparticle states at the band center. In contrast, the fluctuations of the real order parameter of model I can be described by a nonlinear sigma model which leads to a transition from localized to extended states for dimensionsd>2.
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Ziegler, K. Quasiparticle states in disordered superfluids. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 86, 33–38 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01323544
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