Effective Conductivity and Critical Properties of a Hexagonal Array of Superconducting Cylinders

Abstract

Effective conductivity of a 2D composite corresponding to the regular hexagonal arrangement of superconducting disks is expressed in the form of a long series in the volume fraction of ideally conducting disks. According to our calculations based on various re-summation techniques, both the threshold and critical index are obtained in good agreement with expected values. The critical amplitude is in the interval $(5.14,5.24)$ that is close to the theoretical estimation $5.18$. The next order (constant) term in the high concentration regime is calculated for the first time, and the best estimate is equal to $(-6.229)$. Final formula is derived for the effective conductivity for arbitrary volume fraction.