Thermodynamic evidence for the Bose glass transition in twinned YBa${}_2$Cu${}_3$O${}_{7-\delta }$ crystals

Abstract

We used a micromechanical torsional oscillator to measure the magnetic response of a twinned YBa${}_2$Cu${}_3$O${}_{7-\delta }$ single crystal disk near the Bose glass transition. We observe an anomaly in the temperature dependence of the magnetization consistent with the appearance of a magnetic shielding perpendicular to the correlated pinning of the twin boundaries. This effect is related to the thermodynamic transition from the vortex liquid phase to a Bose glass state.

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