FREEZING OF THE VORTEX LIQUID IN HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS - A DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL APPROACH

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SENGUPTA, S [1 ]
DASGUPTA, C [1 ]
KRISHNAMURTHY, HR [1 ]
MENON, GI [1 ]
RAMAKRISHNAN, TV [1 ]
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[1] JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CTR ADV SCI RES,BANGALORE,INDIA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.3444
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O4 [物理学];
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The structure of the unpinned vortex fluid in layered oxide high-temperature superconductors is investigated numerically using appropriate classical liquid-state theory, for magnetic fields B perpendicular to the layer plane. The direct correlation function so obtained is used as input for a first-principles, parameter-free calculation of the discontinuous fluid-to-Abrikosov-lattice transition boundary T(f)(B). This transition boundary is found to have a shape and location similar to that observed in strongly anisotropic materials, e.g., Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O.
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