Possible tricritical point in phase diagrams of interlayer josephson-vortex systems in high-Tc superconductors

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2577-2580

  Hu, Xiao ^a   Tachiki, Masashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

INTERLAYER JOSEPHSON-VORTEX SYSTEMS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0034683343     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2577     Document Type: Article

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