Decoupled two-dimensional superconductivity and continuous melting transitions in layered superconductors immersed in a parallel magnetic field

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Hu, Xiao ^a   Tachiki, Masashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MELTING POINT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 19544361858     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.064506     Document Type: Article

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