New features in the vortex phase diagram of YBa2Cu3O7-delta

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Deligiannis, K [1 ]
deGroot, PAJ [1 ]
Oussena, M [1 ]
Pinfold, S [1 ]
Langan, R [1 ]
Gagnon, R [1 ]
Taillefer, L [1 ]
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[1] MCGILL UNIV,DEPT PHYS,MONTREAL,PQ H3A 2T8,CANADA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.2121
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O4 [物理学];
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Magnetic and transport measurements have been performed in high quality YBa2Cu3O7-delta single crystals. We demonstrate for the first time that the magnetization peak line in the phase diagram of YBa2Cu3O7-delta, H-p(T) exhibits an impressive similarity with the equivalent line for Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8. Our results show not only a similar temperature dependence but also an almost identical response to oxygen doping and a correlation to the multicritical point. At high temperatures we observe a previously unreported splitting of the magnetization peak.
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