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Probing of the phase diagram of layered high {Tc} superconductors by Monte Carlo simulations

Conference ·
OSTI ID:437789
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  1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Materials Science Div.

Phase diagram of layered superconductors is explored by Monte Carlo simulations of the 3-D uniformly frustrated XY model. Two regimes of behavior were observed depending on the anisotropy. At high anisotropy, the melting occurs as a strong first order phase transition and is accompanied by destruction of vortex lines and disappearance of superconductivity along the field direction. At low anisotropies, melting is shallow and the vortex crystal melts into a liquid of vortex lines with superconductivity along the field direction.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Materials Science Div.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States); National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
437789
Report Number(s):
ANL/MSD/CP--92084; CONF-961076--2; ON: DE97001977; CNN: Contract DMR-91-20000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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