Disorder driven destruction of a phase transition in the vortex system of a superconductor

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 4254-4257

  Wilkin, N K ^a   Jeldtoft Jensen, Henrik ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); PHASE DIAGRAMS; SPECIFIC HEAT; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

DECOUPLING TRANSITION; DISORDER DRIVEN DESTRUCTION; THERMODYNAMIC DECOUPLING; VORTEX SYSTEM;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0031270498     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.4254     Document Type: Article

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