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Vortex phases in irradiated highly anisotropic layered superconductors

Journal Article · · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
  2. Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
Resistivity, reversible magnetization, and Josephson plasma resonance (JPR) data for Bi{sub 2}Sr{sub 2}CaCu{sub 2}O{sub 8} with columnar defects (CD) show that two liquid phases exist above the irreversibility line. They differ by the c-axis correlations in pancake positions. We explain the existence of two liquids with different c-axis correlations and transition between them in some temperature interval exploring the particle-hole symmetry in the free energy functional for pancakes inside CD. This functional accounts for magnetic interaction of pancakes, their interaction via Josephson coupling, and pinning by CD. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}
OSTI ID:
580369
Journal Information:
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 57; ISSN 0163-1829; ISSN PRBMDO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English