Anisotropy in the helicity modulus of a quantum 3D XY-model: application to YBCO

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2003-10-14

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0310310v1

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15, 7563 (2003)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

9 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1088/0953-8984/15/44/009

We present a variational study of the helicity moduli of an anisotropic quantum three-dimensional (3D) XY-model of YBCO in superconducting state. It is found that both the ab-plane and the c-axis helicity moduli, which are proportional to the inverse square of the corresponding magnetic field penetration depth, vary with temperature T as T to the fourth power in the zero temperature limit. Moreover, the c-axis helicity modulus drops with temperature much faster than the ab-plane helicity modulus because of the weaker Josephson couplings along the c-axis compared to those along the ab-plane. These findings are in disagreement with the experiments on high quality samples of YBCO.

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