An unusual phase transition to a second liquid vortex phase in the superconductor YBa2cu3o7

Nature

Volumn 411, Issue 6836, 2001, Pages 448-451

  Bouquet, F ^a,b   Marcenat, C ^a   Steep, E ^a   Calemczuk, R ^a   Kwok, W K ^c   Welp, U ^c   Crabtree, G W ^c   Fisher, R A ^b   Phillips, N E ^b   Schilling, A ^d  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MELTING; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMODYNAMICS; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

CIRCULATING SUPERCURRENT;

OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

BARIUM DERIVATIVE; COPPER DERIVATIVE; YTTERBIUM;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MELTING POINT; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0035942706     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35078016     Document Type: Article

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