Phase transition in vortex-state of untwinned YBa2Cu3O7-δ single crystals at high magnetic fields up to 260 kOe

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Naito, T [1 ]
Nishizaki, T [1 ]
Kobayashi, N [1 ]
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[1] Tohoku Univ, Inst Mat Res, Aoba Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 98077, Japan
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PHYSICA C | 1997年 / 293卷 / 1-4期
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10.1016/S0921-4534(97)01536-0
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In order to study the thermodynamic phase transition in the vortex-state of YBa2Cu3O7-delta, we measured the temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity both of untwinned and twinned single crystals in high magnetic fields H parallel to the c-axis. For untwinned crystals, the resistive jump which results from the first-order vortex lattice melting transition completely disappears and the resistivity shows gradual temperature dependence above certain field H-*. The first-order and the second-order phase transition line is determined up to 260 kOe and the vortex-state is discussed for untwinned and twinned crystals. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.
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