Peak effect, vortex-lattice melting line, and order-disorder transition in conventional and high-(formula presented) superconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 18, 2001, Pages

  Mikitik, Grigorii P ^a   Brandt, Ernst Helmut ^b  

^a B VERKIN INSTITUTE FOR LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING   (Ukraine)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

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EID: 84867292261     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.184514     Document Type: Article

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