ORDER OF THE VORTEX LATTICE MELTING TRANSITION IN A TYPE-II SUPERCONDUCTOR AS A FUNCTION OF MAGNETIC-FIELD

Authors
BONABEAU E LEDERER P
Citation
E. Bonabeau et P. Lederer, ORDER OF THE VORTEX LATTICE MELTING TRANSITION IN A TYPE-II SUPERCONDUCTOR AS A FUNCTION OF MAGNETIC-FIELD, Journal of physics. Condensed matter, 8(34), 1996, pp. 469-473
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Journal of physics. Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
09538984
Volume
8
Issue
34
Year of publication
1996
Pages
469 - 473
Database
ISI
SICI code
0953-8984(1996)8:34<469:OOTVLM>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Monte Carlo simulations of a lattice London model have been performed to study the order of the vortex lattice melting transition in a pure type-II superconductor for two different values of the total magnetic induction, using the histogram technique and Lee-Kosterlitz finite-siz e scaling analysis. The results suggest that the melting transition is a first order at low fields and may become second order above some cr itical field in the absence of any disorder.