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Force-free configurations of vortices in high-temperature superconductors near the melting transition

Randall D. Kamien

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.8218 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We study force-free configurations of Abrikosov flux lines in the line-liquid and line-crystal limit, near the melting transition at Hm. We show that the condition for zero force configurations can be solved by appealing to the structure of chiral liquid crystalline phases.

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YBa2Cu3O7

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