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Melting of Flux Lines in an Alternating Parallel Current

Statistical Mechanics 2009-10-31 v2 Soft Condensed Matter Superconductivity

Abstract

We use a Langevin equation to examine the dynamics and fluctuations of a flux line (FL) in the presence of an {\it alternating longitudinal current} J(ω)J_{\parallel}(\omega). The magnus and dissipative forces are equated to those resulting from line tension, confinement in a harmonic cage by neighboring FLs, parallel current, and noise. The resulting mean-square FL fluctuations are calculated {\it exactly}, and a Lindemann criterion is then used to obtain a nonequilibrium `phase diagram' as a function of the magnitude and frequency of J(ω)J_{\parallel}(\omega). For zero frequency, the melting temperature of the mixed phase (a lattice, or the putative "Bose" or "Bragg Glass") vanishes at a limiting current. However, for any finite frequency, there is a non-zero melting temperature.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9808141,
  title  = {Melting of Flux Lines in an Alternating Parallel Current},
  author = {Mohammad Kohandel and Mehran Kardar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9808141},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure