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Low-Temperature H-T Phase Diagram of Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4±δ

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Physics and Materials Science of High Temperature Superconductors, IV

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As a consequence of the high values of the superconducting transition temperature T c, the short coherence lengths ξ, large penetration depths λ, and the considerable anisotropy of the superconducting properties of the layered high-T c cuprates, the role of thermal fluctuations is enhanced compared to the conventional superconductors. The interplay of thermal activation, intervortex correlations, and the interaction of vortices with pinning centers, which are all of the same order in high-T c systems, gives rise to a rich variety of fluxoid phases in the mixed state, which have been predicted and partially verified by experiment [1].

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  1. C. C. Almasan

    Present address: Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA

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  1. Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences and Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0360, USA

    J. Herrmann, M. C. De Andrade, R. P. Dickey & C. C. Almasan

  2. Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA

    M. B. Maple

  3. Center for Superconductivity Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    Wu Jiang, S. N. Mao & R. L. Greene

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Herrmann, J. et al. (1997). Low-Temperature H-T Phase Diagram of Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4±δ . In: Kossowsky, R., Jelinek, M., Novak, J. (eds) Physics and Materials Science of High Temperature Superconductors, IV. NATO ASI Series, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5732-2_11

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