Thermodynamics of the vortex liquid in heavy ion-irradiated superconductors

Cornelis J. van der Beek, Marcin Konczykowski, Luc Fruchter +4

It is shown that the large effect of heavy ion-irradiation on the thermodynamical properties of the anisotropic superconductor YBa${}_2$Cu${}_3$O${}_{7-\delta }$ extends well into the supe…