Magnetic field induced finite size effect in type-II superconductors

We explore the occurrence of a magnetic field induced finite size effect on the specific heat and correlation lengths of anisotropic type-II superconductors near the zero field transition temperature Tc. Since near the zero field transition thermal fluctuations are expected to dominate and with i...

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Автор: Schneider, T.
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Опубліковано: Фізико-технічний інститут низьких температур ім. Б.І. Вєркіна НАН України 2006
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Цитувати:Magnetic field induced finite size effect in type-II superconductors / T. Schneider // Физика низких температур. — 2006. — Т. 32, № 4-5. — С. 521–527. — Бібліогр.: 62 назв. — англ.

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spelling irk-123456789-1202012017-06-12T03:04:24Z Magnetic field induced finite size effect in type-II superconductors Schneider, T. Spin Models We explore the occurrence of a magnetic field induced finite size effect on the specific heat and correlation lengths of anisotropic type-II superconductors near the zero field transition temperature Tc. Since near the zero field transition thermal fluctuations are expected to dominate and with increasing field strength these fluctuations become one dimensional, whereupon the effect of fluctuations increases, it appears unavoidable to account for thermal fluctuations. Invoking the scaling theory of critical phenomena it is shown that the specific heat data of nearly optimally doped YBa₂Cu₃O₇₋δ are inconsistent with the traditional mean-field and lowest Landau level predictions of a continuous superconductor to normal state transition along an upper critical field Hс₂(T). On the contrary, we observe agreement with a magnetic field induced finite size effect, whereupon even the correlation length longitudinal to the applied field H cannot grow beyond the limiting magnetic length LH ∝ 0/H. It arises because with increasing magnetic field the density of vortex lines becomes greater, but this cannot continue indefinitely. LH is then roughly set on the proximity of vortex lines by the overlapping of their cores. Thus, the shift and the rounding of the specific heat peak in an applied field is traced back to a magnetic field induced finite size effect in the correlation length longitudinal to the applied field. 2006 Article Magnetic field induced finite size effect in type-II superconductors / T. Schneider // Физика низких температур. — 2006. — Т. 32, № 4-5. — С. 521–527. — Бібліогр.: 62 назв. — англ. 0132-6414 PACS: 05.70.Jk, 74.40.+k http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/120201 en Физика низких температур Фізико-технічний інститут низьких температур ім. Б.І. Вєркіна НАН України
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Magnetic field induced finite size effect in type-II superconductors
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description We explore the occurrence of a magnetic field induced finite size effect on the specific heat and correlation lengths of anisotropic type-II superconductors near the zero field transition temperature Tc. Since near the zero field transition thermal fluctuations are expected to dominate and with increasing field strength these fluctuations become one dimensional, whereupon the effect of fluctuations increases, it appears unavoidable to account for thermal fluctuations. Invoking the scaling theory of critical phenomena it is shown that the specific heat data of nearly optimally doped YBa₂Cu₃O₇₋δ are inconsistent with the traditional mean-field and lowest Landau level predictions of a continuous superconductor to normal state transition along an upper critical field Hс₂(T). On the contrary, we observe agreement with a magnetic field induced finite size effect, whereupon even the correlation length longitudinal to the applied field H cannot grow beyond the limiting magnetic length LH ∝ 0/H. It arises because with increasing magnetic field the density of vortex lines becomes greater, but this cannot continue indefinitely. LH is then roughly set on the proximity of vortex lines by the overlapping of their cores. Thus, the shift and the rounding of the specific heat peak in an applied field is traced back to a magnetic field induced finite size effect in the correlation length longitudinal to the applied field.
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citation_txt Magnetic field induced finite size effect in type-II superconductors / T. Schneider // Физика низких температур. — 2006. — Т. 32, № 4-5. — С. 521–527. — Бібліогр.: 62 назв. — англ.
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