Collective pinning of the vortex lattice by columnar defects in layered superconductors
J. P. Rodriguez
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.224507 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
The mixed phase of layered superconductors with no magnetic screening is studied through a partial duality analysis of the corresponding frustrated XY model in the presence of random columnar pins. A small fraction of pinned vortex lines is assumed. Thermally induced plastic creep of the vortex lattice within isolated layers results in an intermediate Bose glass phase that exhibits weak superconductivity across layers in the limit of weak Josephson coupling. The correlation volume of the vortex lattice is estimated in the strongly coupled Bose glass regime at lower temperature. In the absence of additional point pins, no peak effect in the critical current density is predicted to occur on this basis as a function of the Josephson coupling. Also, the phase transition observed recently inside of the vortex-liquid phase of high-temperature superconductors pierced by sparse columnar defects is argued to be a sign of dimensional crossover.
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