First-order phase transition from the vortex liquid to an amorphous solid

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Menghini, M ^a   Fasano, Yanina ^a   De La Cruz, F ^a   Banerjee, S S ^b   Myasoedov, Y ^b   Zeldov, E ^b   Van Der Beek, C J ^c   Konczykowski, M ^c   Tamegai, T ^d,e  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SOLIDES IRRADIÉS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IRRADIATION; LIQUIDS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

DIFFERENTIAL MAGNETOOPTICS; FIRST ORDER PHASE TRANSITION; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL SYMMETRY CHANGE; VORTEX LIQUID;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0037865502     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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