Melting and structure of the vortex solid in strongly anisotropic layered superconductors with random columnar pins

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 21, 2004, Pages

  Dasgupta, Chandan ^a   Valls, Oriol T ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DENSITY; ENERGY; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MELTING POINT; SUPERCONDUCTOR; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 42749102122     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.214520     Document Type: Article

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