Equilibrium magnetization in the vicinity of the first-order phase transition in the mixed state of high-T c superconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Landau, I L ^a,b   Ott, H R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KAPITZA INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ISOTHERM; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MELTING POINT; PHASE TRANSITION; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 17044408262     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.012511     Document Type: Article

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