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Evolution in the split-peak structure across the Peak Effect region in single crystals of $2H$-NbSe$_2$

Superconductivity 2007-05-23 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We have explored the presence of a two-peak feature spanning the peak effect (PE) region in the ac susceptibility data and the magnetization hysteresis measurements over a wide field-temperature regime in few weakly pinned single crystals of 2H2H-NbSe2_2, which display reentrant characteristic in the PE curve near TcT_c(0). We believe that the two-peak feature evolves into distinct second magnetization peak anomaly well separated from the PE with gradual enhancement in the quenched random pinning.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0602382,
  title  = {Evolution in the split-peak structure across the Peak Effect region in single crystals of $2H$-NbSe$_2$},
  author = {A. D. Thakur and T. V. Chandrasekhar Rao and S. Uji and T. Terashima and M. J. Higgins and S. Ramakrishnan and A. K. Grover},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0602382},
  year   = {2007}
}

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