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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| Cite this: | 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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Schneider, T. 2017-06-11T12:19:51Z 2017-06-11T12:19:51Z 2006 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 https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/120201 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. I would like to thank K.A. Mller for stimulating discussions on this and related subjects. en Фізико-технічний інститут низьких температур ім. Б.І. Вєркіна НАН України Физика низких температур Spin Models Magnetic field induced finite size effect in type-II superconductors Article published earlier |
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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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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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