RESISTIVITY ONSET AT THE FIRST-ORDER VORTEX-LATTICE PHASE-TRANSITION IN BI2SR2CACU2O8

Authors
FUCHS DT ZELDOV E MAJER D DOYLE RA TAMEGAI T OOI S KONCZYKOWSKI M
Citation
Dt. Fuchs et al., RESISTIVITY ONSET AT THE FIRST-ORDER VORTEX-LATTICE PHASE-TRANSITION IN BI2SR2CACU2O8, Czechoslovak journal of Physics, 46, 1996, pp. 1583-1584
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Czechoslovak journal of Physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00114626
Volume
46
Year of publication
1996
Supplement
3
Pages
1583 - 1584
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-4626(1996)46:<1583:ROATFV>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Simultaneous measurements of resistivity and local magnetization using microscopic Hall sensors were carried out on Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 (BSCCO) cr ystals as a function of applied field and temperature. The resistivity onset is found to occur concurrently with the first-order vortex-latt ice phase transition, determined by the equilibrium magnetization step . This behavior is indicative of a vortex-lattice melting transition. The resistivity vanishes below the transition although the magnetizati on remains reversible.