STRUCTURE OF AN ELASTIC LATTICE PINNED BY HOPPING DEFECTS

Authors
CHUDNOVSKY EM
Citation
Em. Chudnovsky, STRUCTURE OF AN ELASTIC LATTICE PINNED BY HOPPING DEFECTS, Europhysics letters, 43(4), 1998, pp. 445-449
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
43
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
445 - 449
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1998)43:4<445:SOAELP>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The translational order in a three-dimensional lattice pinned by hoppi ng defects is studied. It is suggested that the equilibrium state of t he lattice crosses from a glass to a crystal on the rate of hopping. I t is argued that such a transition may exist in flux lattices of high- temperature superconductors due to the hopping oi oxygen.