Possible critical point in phase diagrams of interlayer Josephson-vortex systems in high-Tc superconductors
Superconductivity
2009-10-31 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
A critical value in the product of the anisotropy parameter and the magnetic field is observed in interlayer Josephson-vortex systems by extensive Monte Carlo simulations. Below/above this critical value the thermodynamic phase transition between the normal and the superconducting states upon temperature sweeping is first/second order. The origin is the intrinsic pinning effect of the layered structure of high-Tc superconductors.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0003068,
title = {Possible critical point in phase diagrams of interlayer Josephson-vortex systems in high-Tc superconductors},
author = {Xiao Hu and Masashi Tachiki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0003068},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, 5 postscript figures, revtex, submitted to PRL