'Fragile superconductivity': A kinetic glass transition in the vortex matter of the high-temperature superconductor YBa 2 Cu 3O 7-δ

Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 365-374

  Lortz, Rolf ^a,b,d   Meingast, Christoph ^a   Rykov, Alexandre I ^c   Tajima, Setsuko ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c SUPERCONDUCTIVITY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-RESOLUTION THERMAL EXPANSION; KINETIC GLASS TRANSITION; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION; VORTEX MATTER;

GLASS TRANSITION; KINETICS; MAGNETIZATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 33947665983     PISSN: 00222291     EISSN: 15737357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10909-007-9320-2     Document Type: Article

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