Observation of smectic and moving-Bragg-glass phases in flowing vortex lattices

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6709, 1998, Pages 348-350

  Pardo, F ^a   De La Cruz, F ^a   Gammel, P L ^b   Bucher, E ^b   Bishop, D J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO BALSEIRO   (Argentina)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GLASS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; VORTEX FLOW;

BRAGG GLASS PHASE; CRITICAL FIELDS; FLUX DENSITY; FLUX LINE LATTICE; MAGNETIC DECORATION; MICROSCOPIC LEVEL;

CRYSTAL LATTICES;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032569801     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/24581     Document Type: Article

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