Pinning Action of Correlated Disorder against Equilibrium Properties of HgBa${}_2$Ca${}_2$Cu${}_3$O${}_x$: a Delicate Balance

J. R. Thompson, J. G. Ossandon, L. Krusin-Elbaum +5

We report significant alteration of the equilibrium properties of the superconductor HgBa${}_2$Ca${}_2$Cu${}_3$O${}_x$ when correlated disorder in the form of randomly oriented columnar tr…