Disorder-induced phase transition of vortex matter in MgB2

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 125021-125024

  Angst, M ^a   Puzniak, R ^b   Wisniewski, A ^b   Jun, J ^a   Kazakov, S M ^a   Karpinski, J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0037284714     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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