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Evidence for scaling invariance and universality of the irreversibility line of high temperature superconductors

C. C. Almasan, M. C. de Andrade, Y. Dalichaouch, J. J. Neumeier, C. L. Seaman, M. B. Maple, R. P. Guertin, M. V. Kuric, J. C. Garland

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3812 · Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

Measurements of the irreversibility line H(T*) of Y1−xPrxBa2Cu3O6.97, a system in which the superconducting transition Tc can be varied from 0 to 92 K, show that H(T*) obeys a universal scaling relation characterized by an m=3/2 power law near Tc, with a crossover to a more rapid temperature dependence below T/Tc≊0.6. The applicability of the scaling formula to other high Tc superconductors is tested, with the results suggesting that both the crossover phenomenon and the power law temperature dependence are ubiquitous, scale-invariant properties of high temperature superconductors.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
Y1-xPrxBa2Cu3O6.97

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91.9Pressure not reportedmidpoint
Y1-xPrxBa2Cu3O6.97

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88.5Pressure not reportedmidpoint
Y1-xPrxBa2Cu3O6.97

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73.3Pressure not reportedmidpoint
Y1-xPrxBa2Cu3O6.97

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62.5Pressure not reportedmidpoint
Y1-xPrxBa2Cu3O6.97

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45.3Pressure not reportedmidpoint
Y1-xPrxBa2Cu3O6.97

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31.1Pressure not reportedmidpoint
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22.1Pressure not reportedmidpoint
Y1-xPrxBa2Cu3O6.97

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12.7Pressure not reportedmidpoint
Sm1.85Ce0.15CuO4-y

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Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ

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PbMo6S8

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URu2Si2

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