Helical instability of charged vortices in layered superconductors
Superconductivity
2015-05-18 v1
Abstract
It is shown that the electric charge of vortices can result in a helical instability of straight vortex lines in layered superconductors, particularly Bi-based cuprates or organic superconductors. This instability may result in a phase transition to a uniformly twisted vortex state, which could be detected by torque magnetometry, neutron diffraction, electromagnetic or calorimetric measurements.
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@article{arxiv.1002.3288,
title = {Helical instability of charged vortices in layered superconductors},
author = {A. Gurevich},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.3288},
year = {2015}
}