First-Order Melting of a Moving Vortex Lattice: Effects of Disorder
Superconductivity
2009-10-28 v2
Abstract
We study the melting of a moving vortex lattice through numerical simulations with the current driven 3D XY model with disorder. We find that there is a first-order phase transition even for large disorder when the corresponding equilibrium transition is continuous. The low temperature phase is an anisotropic moving glass.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9610003,
title = {First-Order Melting of a Moving Vortex Lattice: Effects of Disorder},
author = {Daniel Dominguez and Niels Gronbech-Jensen and A. R. Bishop},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9610003},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Important changes from original version. Finite size analysis of results has been added. Figure 2 has been changed. There is a new additional Figure. To be published in Physical Review Letters