| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 54, Number 6, June II 2001
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 793 - 799 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2001-00324-1 | |
| Published online | 01 December 2003 | |
Nature of decoupling in the mixed phase of extremely type-II layered superconductors
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
California State University Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA
Received:
6
March
2000
Accepted:
5
April
2001
The uniformly frustrated layered XY model is analyzed in its Villain form. A decouple pancake vortex liquid phase is identified. It is bounded by both first-order and second-order decoupling lines in the magnetic field vs. temperature plane. These transitions, respectively, can account for the flux-lattice melting and for the flux-lattice depinning observed in the mixed phase of clean high-temperature superconductors.
PACS: 74.60.-w – Type-II superconductivity / 74.25.Dw – Superconductivity phase diagrams / 74.25.Ha – Magnetic properties
© EDP Sciences, 2001
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