THERMODYNAMIC OBSERVATION OF FIRST-ORDER VORTEX-LATTICE MELTING TRANSITION IN BI2SR2CACU2O8

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作者
ZELDOV, E
MAJER, D
KONCZYKOWSKI, M
GESHKENBEIN, VB
VINOKUR, VM
SHTRIKMAN, H
机构
[1] ECOLE POLYTECH, CTR ETUD & RECH MAT, SOLIDES IRRADIES LAB, F-91128 PALAISEAU, FRANCE
[2] ETH HONGGERBERG, CH-8093 ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
[3] LD LANDAU THEORET PHYS INST, MOSCOW 117940, RUSSIA
[4] ARGONNE NATL LAB, ARGONNE, IL 60439 USA
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10.1038/375373a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The lattice of magnetic flux lines that can permeate a type ii superconductor, such as the high-transition-temperature copper oxide materials, melts from a solid-like stale to a liquid-like state at a temperature below the superconducting transition temperature. Contrary to the predictions of mean-field theory, this phase transition in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 is found to be first-order. The vortex liquid discontinuously expands on freezing.
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