Vortices in high-temperature superconductors

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · Reviews of Modern Physics; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.66.1125· OSTI ID:6599645

Blatter, G ^[1]; Feigel'man, M V ^[2]; Geshkenbein, V B ^[3]; Larkin, A I ^[2]; Vinokur, V M ^[4]

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1. Theoretische Physik, Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich-Hoenggerberg, CH-8093 Zuerich (Switzerland) Asea Brown Boveri, Corporate Research, CH-5405 Baden (Switzerland)
2. L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 117940 Moscow (Russian Federation) The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100 (Israel)
3. Theoretische Physik, Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich-Hoenggerberg, CH-8093 Zuerich (Switzerland) L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 117940 Moscow (Russian Federation) The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100 (Israel)
4. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)

The terms glass'' and liquid'' are defined in a dynamic sense, with a sublinear response [rho]=[partial derivative][ital E]/[partial derivative][ital j][vert bar][sub [ital j][r arrow]0] characterizing the truly superconducting vortex glass and a finite resistivity [rho]([ital j][r arrow]0)[gt]0 being the signature of the liquid phase. The smallness of [ital j][sub [ital c]]/[ital j][sub o] allows one to discuss the influence of quenched disorder in terms of the weak collective pinning theory. Supplementing the traditional theory of weak collective pinning to take into account thermal and quantum fluctuations, as well as the new scaling concepts for elastic media subject to a random potential, this modern version of the weak collective pinning theory consistently accounts for a large number of novel phenomena, such as the broad resistive transition, thermally assisted flux flow, giant and quantum creep, and the glassiness of the solid state. The strong layering of the oxides introduces additional new features into the thermodynamic phase diagram, such as a layer decoupling transition, and modifies the mechanism of pinning and creep in various ways. The presence of strong (correlated) disorder in the form of twin boundaries or columnar defects not only is technologically relevant but also provides the framework for the physical realization of novel thermodynamic phases such as the Bose glass. On a macroscopic scale the vortex system exhibits self-organized criticality, with both the spatial and the temporal scale accessible to experimental investigations.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6599645
• Journal Information: Reviews of Modern Physics; (United States), Journal Name: Reviews of Modern Physics; (United States) Vol. 66:4; ISSN 0034-6861; ISSN RMPHAT
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ANISOTROPY
CHALCOGENIDES
CREEP
CRITICALITY
CURRENT DENSITY
DIAGRAMS
DIFFUSION
ELASTICITY
FLUCTUATIONS
GINZBURG-LANDAU THEORY
HAMILTONIANS
HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
MECHANICS
NUCLEAR MODELS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE DIAGRAMS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
QUANTUM OPERATORS
SCALING LAWS
STATISTICAL MECHANICS
SUPERCONDUCTORS
SUPERFLUID MODEL
TENSILE PROPERTIES
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TYPE-II SUPERCONDUCTORS
VARIATIONS
VORTICES