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Universal upper bound for the entropy of superconducting vortices and the Nernst effect

Superconductivity 2022-01-05 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We show that the entropy per quantum vortex per layer in superconductors in external magnetic fields is bounded by the universal value k_B ln 2, which explains puzzling results of recent experiments on the Nernst effect.

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@article{arxiv.2103.04310,
  title  = {Universal upper bound for the entropy of superconducting vortices and the Nernst effect},
  author = {M. C. Diamantini and C. A. Trugenberger and V. Vinokur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.04310},
  year   = {2022}
}