Glass phases of flux lattices in layered superconductors
arXiv:cond-mat/9703111 · doi:10.1209/epl/i1997-00317-0
Abstract
We study a flux lattice which is parallel to superconducting layers, allowing for dislocations and for disorder of both short wavelength and long wavelength. We find that the long wavelength disorder has a significant effect on the phase diagram -- it produces a first order transition within the Bragg glass phase and leads to melting at strong disorder. This then allows a Friedel scenario of 2D superconductivity.
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