Generalized London free energy for high-$T_c$ vortex lattices
Superconductivity
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
We generalize the London free energy to include four-fold anisotropies which could arise from d-wave pairing or other sources in a tetragonal material. We use this simple model to study vortex lattice structure and discuss neutron scattering, STM, Bitter decoration and SR experiments.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9610006,
title = {Generalized London free energy for high-$T_c$ vortex lattices},
author = {Ian Affleck and Marcel Franz and M. H. Sharifzadeh Amin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9610006},
year = {2009}
}
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