Search for a vortex loop blowout transition in a type-II superconductor in a finite magnetic field

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Olsson, P ^a   Teitel, S ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; HEAT; LIQUID; MAGNETIC FIELD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; SIMULATION; SUPERCONDUCTOR; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0038101630     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.144514     Document Type: Article

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