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Numerical Study on the Vortex States of High-T c Superconductors with Point Defects: Novel Phases in the Vortex Liquid Region

Numerical Study on the Vortex States of High-T c Superconductors with Point Defects: Novel Phases... Phase diagram of high-T c vortex states in $$\left. {\overrightarrow B } \right\|\overrightarrow c$$ with point defects is investigated by large-scale Monte Carlo simulations. We find that the first-order boundary between the vortex slush and vortex liquid phases terminates at a critical point, and that there is a step of the specific heat above the critical point as reported experimentally. As the system size increases, this step becomes sharper but smaller, and is associated with a crossover rather than a thermodynamic phase transition. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Low Temperature Physics Springer Journals

Numerical Study on the Vortex States of High-T c Superconductors with Point Defects: Novel Phases in the Vortex Liquid Region

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 by Plenum Publishing Corporation
Subject
Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials
ISSN
0022-2291
eISSN
1573-7357
DOI
10.1023/A:1023476304735
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Abstract

Phase diagram of high-T c vortex states in $$\left. {\overrightarrow B } \right\|\overrightarrow c$$ with point defects is investigated by large-scale Monte Carlo simulations. We find that the first-order boundary between the vortex slush and vortex liquid phases terminates at a critical point, and that there is a step of the specific heat above the critical point as reported experimentally. As the system size increases, this step becomes sharper but smaller, and is associated with a crossover rather than a thermodynamic phase transition.

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Journal of Low Temperature PhysicsSpringer Journals

Published: Oct 7, 2004

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