Generic phase diagram for vortex matter via a study of peak effect phenomenon in crystals of 2H-NbSe2

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 25-32

  Banerjee, S S ^a   Saha, S ^a   Patil, N G ^a   Ramakrishnan, S ^a   Grover, A K ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^a   Ravikumar, G ^b   Mishra, P K ^b   Rao, T V C ^b   Sahni, V C ^b   Tomy, C V ^c,e   Balakrishnan, G ^c   Paul, D Mck ^c   Higgins, M J ^d  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Generic magnetic phase diagram; Peak effect; Thermomagnetic history dependence; Type II superconductors; Vortex state

Indexed keywords

AMORPHIZATION; CRITICAL CURRENTS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

FLUX LINE LATTICES (FLL); GENERIC MAGNETIC PHASE DIAGRAM; PEAK EFFECTS; THERMOMAGNETISM; VORTEX STATE;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 0032208102     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4534(98)00500-0     Document Type: Article

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