3D X-Y SCALING OF THE SPECIFIC-HEAT OF YBA2CU3O7-DELTA SINGLE-CRYSTALS

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OVEREND, N
HOWSON, MA
LAWRIE, ID
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[1] Department of Physics, University of Leeds
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.3238
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The specific heat of a single crystal sample of YBa2Cu3O7-delta has been measured with magnetic fields up to 8 T applied parallel to the c axis of the crystal. The results provide strong evidence for the existence of a critical regime within which there is scaling behavior characteristic of the three-dimensional X-Y model with critical exponents consistent with those observed in superfluid He-4.
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