Refael, GilDemler, EugeneOreg, Yuval2014-11-242009Refael, Gil, Eugene Demler, and Yuval Oreg. 2009. Superconductor-to-normal transition in finite nanowires. Physical Review B.1550-235Xhttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:13421138In this paper we discuss the interplay of quantum fluctuations and dissipation in uniform superconducting nanowires. We consider a phenomenological model with superconducting and normal components, and a finite equilibration rate between these two-fluids. We find that phase-slip dipoles proliferate in the wire, and decouple the two-fluids within its bulk. This implies that the the normal fluid only couples to the superconductor fluid through the leads at the edges of the wire, and the {\it local} dissipation is unimportant. Therefore, while long wires have a superconductor-metal transition tuned by local properties of the superconducting fluid, short wires have a transition when the total resistance is \(R_{total}\) = \(R_{Q}\) = \(h/4e^{2}\).en-USsuperconductivitydisordered systems and neural networksJournal Article2014-11-2410.1103/PhysRevB.79.094524