LONGITUDINAL SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN VORTEX-LINE PHASES - A MONTE-CARLO STUDY

被引:30
作者
CARNEIRO, G
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[1] Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro-RJ
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.521
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The translational symmetry and the superconducting properties of the vortex-line phases of clean, isotropic, type-II superconductors placed in an external magnetic field H are investigated by Monte Carlo simulations of a lattice London model. These simulations are carried out at constant H and allow for finite penetration length lambda. Evidence is found that, in the region lambda > intervortex spacing, the translational order and the longitudinal superconductivity that exist in the vortex-lattice phase are destroyed simultaneously at the melting transition into an entangled vortex liquid.
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