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Vacancy ordering in the basal plane of YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub z/

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OSTI ID:5312124

The ordering in the Cu-O basal plane of the high T/sub c/ superconductor YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub z/ is investigated. Asymmetric pairwise interactions between nearest and next nearest neighbors are assumed. Ordering instabilities in two-dimensional k-space are mapped out as a function of the interactions and the ordered ground state superstructures consisting of occupied and empty oxygen sites are determined. A temperature-composition phase diagram is calculated by means of the Cluster Variation Method. The thermodynamic behavior of the superconducting compound is discussed in the light of these results. 4 figs

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
5312124
Report Number(s):
LBL-24263; CONF-871124-94; ON: DE88004572
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English