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Dynamic Scaling at the Zero-field 2D Superconducting Transition
S. M. Ammirata, Mark Friesen, Stephen W. Pierson +4
Zero-field current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of a thin ("two-dimensional") crystal are reported and analyzed in two ways. The "conventional" approach yi…
Flux Lattice Melting and Lowest Landau Level Fluctuations
Stephen W. Pierson, Oriol T. Valls
We discuss the influence of lowest Landau level (LLL) fluctuations near H_{c2}(T) on flux lattice melting in YBaCuO (YBCO). We show that the specific heat step of t…
A Review of the Real Space Renormalization Group Analysis of the Two- Dimensional Coulomb Gas, the Kosterlitz-Thouless-Berezinski Transition, and Extensions to a Layered Vortex Gas
Stephen W. Pierson
Fundamental properties of the Kosterlitz-Thouless-Berezinskii (KTB) transition which occurs in systems in the universality class of the two-dimensional X-Y model are reviewed here…
3D Lowest Landau Level Theory Applied to YBCO Magnetization and Specific Heat Data: Implications for the Critical Behavior in the H-T Plane
Stephen W. Pierson, Oriol T. Valls, Zlatko Tesanovic +1
We study the applicability of magnetization and specific heat equations derived from a lowest-Landau-level (LLL) calculation, to the high-temperature superconducting (HTSC) materia…