Vortex Lattice Melting in Layered Superconductors with Periodic Columnar Pins

Dasgupta, Chandan and Valls, Oriol T (2001) Vortex Lattice Melting in Layered Superconductors with Periodic Columnar Pins. In: Physical Review Letters, 87 (25). pp. 257002-1.

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Abstract

The melting of the vortex lattice in highly anisotropic, layered superconductors with commensurate, periodic columnar pins is studied in a geometry where magnetic field and columnar pins are normal to the layers. Thermodynamic properties and equilibrium density distributions are obtained from numerical minimizations of an appropriate free-energy functional. We find a line of first-order transitions that ends at a critical point as the pin concentration is increased. We quantitatively determine the location of this critical point and show that it is experimentally accessible.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physical Review Letters
Publisher:	American Physical Society
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to American Physical Society.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	10 Dec 2004
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:12
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/77

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