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Critical fluctuations in high-Tc superconductors

C. J. Lobb

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.36.3930 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

The Ginzburg criterion suggests that the Ginzburg-Landau theory will break down within ∼0.1 K of the transition temperature of the new high-Tc superconductors. Theoretical consequences of this include a weak divergence in the specific heat at Tc, and a correlation length which diverges as (T−Tc)−ν with ν≅0.67. Conventional Ginzburg-Landau formulas for critical fields and penetration depths, and mean-field predictions for fluctuation-enhanced quantities, must also be modified close to Tc.

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YBa2Cu3O9-δ

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