Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2003-03-03
Phys. Rev. B, v. 69, p. 100503 (2004)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
4 pages, 1 figure. To appear in PRB, rapid communication
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.69.100503
The mixed phase of layered superconductors with no magnetic screening is studied through a partial duality analysis of the corresponding frustrated XY model in the presence of weak random point pins. Isolated layers exhibit a defective vortex lattice at low temperature that is phase coherent. Sufficiently weak Josephson coupling between adjacent layers results in an entangled vortex solid that exhibits weak superconductivity across layers. The corresponding vortex liquid state shows an inverted specific heat anomaly that we propose accounts for that seen in YBCO. A three-dimensional vortex lattice with dislocations occurs at stronger coupling. This crossover sheds light on the apparent discrepancy concerning the observation of a vortex-glass phase in recent Monte Carlo simulations of the same XY model.
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