Surface melting of the vortex lattice

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dc.creatorDe Col, A.
dc.creatorMenon, G. I.
dc.creatorGeshkenbein, V. B.
dc.creatorBlatter, G.
dc.date2005-11-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:45:46Z
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dc.descriptionWe discuss the effect of an (ab)-surface on the melting transition of the pancake-vortex lattice in a layered superconductor within a density functional theory approach. Both discontinuous and continuous surface melting are predicted for this system, although the latter scenario occupies the major part of the low-field phase diagram. The formation of a quasi-liquid layer below the bulk melting temperature inhibits the appearance of a superheated solid phase, yielding an asymmetric hysteretic behavior which has been seen in experiments.
dc.description4 pages, 3 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0511046
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0511046
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 96, 177001 (2006)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.177001
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/103140
dc.subjectSuperconductivity
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.titleSurface melting of the vortex lattice
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