Freezing transition of the vortex liquid in a layered superconductor

Authors
Davoudi, B Kohandel, M Tanatar, B
Citation
B. Davoudi et al., Freezing transition of the vortex liquid in a layered superconductor, PHYSICA C, 351(2), 2001, pp. 169-174
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICA C
ISSN journal
09214534 → ACNP
Volume
351
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
169 - 174
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-4534(20010315)351:2<169:FTOTVL>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The self-consistent theory of Singwi, Tosi, Land, and Sjolander is used to describe the liquid-solid phase in a layered superconductor in the limit of weak interplane correlation effects as would be applicable to BSCCO materi als. We calculate the local-field corrections, static structure factor, and pair correlation function and compare our results with other methods. The Hansen-Verlet criterion is used to estimate the freezing temperature of the vortex system. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.