We present a review of the vortex-Nernst effect in the 3 cuprate families La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4, Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8, and YBa_2Cu_3O_{y}, and discuss the scenario that the superconducting transition in the hole-doped cuprates corresponds to the destruction of long-range phase coherence rather than the vanishing of the order-parameter amplitude.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0312213,
title = {Vorticity and the Nernst Effect in Cuprate Superconductors},
author = {N. P. Ong and Yayu Wang and S. Ono and Yoichi Ando and S. Uchida},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0312213},
year = {2009}
}
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5 pages with 5 figures. To be published in Annalen der Physik (Leipzig, Germany)