FIRST-ORDER FLUX-LATTICE MELTING OF A FRUSTRATED XY MODEL WITH A [111] MAGNETIC-FIELD

Authors
HWANG IJ STROUD D
Citation
Ij. Hwang et D. Stroud, FIRST-ORDER FLUX-LATTICE MELTING OF A FRUSTRATED XY MODEL WITH A [111] MAGNETIC-FIELD, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 54(21), 1996, pp. 14978-14981
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physical review. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
54
Issue
21
Year of publication
1996
Pages
14978 - 14981
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1996)54:21<14978:FFMOAF>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We have studied a three-dimensional isotropic Josephson-junction array in a simple cubic lattice with a magnetic field B = Phi(0)(1/3,1/3,1/ 3), using Monte Carlo simulation. There is a clear first-order phase t ransition with a latent heat of melting of about 0.11k(B)T(m) per supe rconducting grain at a melting temperature T-m approximate to 0.70J, w here J is the intergrain coupling energy. We briefly discuss the possi ble relation of this transition to flux-lattice melting in high-T-c su perconductors.