The loss of vortex line tension sets an upper limit to the irreversibility line in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 402-407

  Figueras, J ^a   Puig, T ^a   Obradors, X ^a   Kwok, W K ^b   Paulius, L ^b,c   Crabtree, G W ^b   Deutscher, G ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRREVERSIBILITY LINES; UPPER LIMITS; VORTEX LINES; YBA2CU3O7;

YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

EID: 33744827407     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys311     Document Type: Article

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