First Order Premelting Transition of Vortex Lattices

Details First Order Premelting Transition of Vortex Lattices First Order Premelting Transition of Vortex Lattices

1997-05-09

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9705092v2

Philosophical Magazine B 77, 1001 (1998)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

revised version replaces 9705092, 5 pages, Latex, 2 postscript figures, defect line wandering is included, 2 step melting is p

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Vortex lattices in the high temperature superconductors undergo a first order phase transition which has thus far been regarded as melting from a solid to a liquid. We point out an alternative possibility of a two step process in which there is a first order transition from an ordinary vortex lattice to a soft vortex solid followed by another first order melting transition from the soft vortex solid to a vortex liquid. We focus on the first step. This premelting transition is induced by vacancy and interstitial vortex lines. We obtain good agreement with the experimental transition temperature versus field, latent heat, and magnetization jumps for YBCO and BSCCO.

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