Thermodynamics of the first-order vortex lattice melting transition

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 14498-14506

  Dodgson, Matthew J W ^a   Geshkenbein, Vadim B ^a   Nordborg, Henrik ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001350877     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.14498     Document Type: Article

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