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Thermodynamics of the vortex liquid in heavy ion-irradiated superconductors
Superconductivity · Submitted 5 Apr 2005
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The authors' main claim The results indicate that in both compounds, the pinning energy at the ``Bose glass'' transition is large with respect to the total free energy gain in the superconducting state.
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It is shown that the large effect of heavy ion-irradiation on the thermodynamical properties of the anisotropic superconductor YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$ extends well into the superconducting fluctuation regime. The presence of the induced amorphous columnar defects shifts the specific heat maximum at the normal-to-superconducting transition. This effect is similar to that recently put into evidence in cubic K$_{x}$Ba$_{1-x}$BiO$_{3}$ ($x \simeq 0.35$). In both compounds, vortex pinning manifests itself as a sharp angular dependence of the \em equilibrium \rm torque. In YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$, pinning by the defects appears at the temperature $T_{C_{p}}^{max}$ of the specific heat maximum, well above the magnetic irreversibility line $T_{irr}(H)$. In isotropic K$_{x}$Ba$_{1-x}$BiO$_{3}$, the onset of the pinning-related torque anomaly tracks the onset of the specific heat anomaly and the irreversibility line. In YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$, fluctuations of the amplitude of the order parameter (and not vortex line wandering) are ultimately responsible for the vanishing of pinning. In K$_{x}$Ba$_{1-x}$BiO$_{3}$, vortex pinning disappears only at the superconducting-to-normal transition. The results indicate that in both compounds, the pinning energy at the ``Bose glass'' transition is large with respect to the total free energy gain in the superconducting state. By implication, the mechanism of this latter transition should be reconsidered.
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| s0 | It is shown that the large effect of heavy ion-irradiation on the thermodynamical properties of the anisotropic superconductor YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$ extends well into the superconducting fluctuation regime. | result 0.95 | 0.86 | 0.51 | asserted 1.00 |
| s1 | The presence of the induced amorphous columnar defects shifts the specific heat maximum at the normal-to-superconducting transition. | result 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.13 | asserted 1.00 |
| s2 | This effect is similar to that recently put into evidence in cubic K$_{x}$Ba$_{1-x}$BiO$_{3}$ ($x \simeq 0.35$). | result 0.48 | 0.11 | 0.05 | asserted 0.98 |
| s3 | In both compounds, vortex pinning manifests itself as a sharp angular dependence of the \em equilibrium \rm torque. | result 1.00 | 0.62 | 0.09 | asserted 1.00 |
| s4 | In YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$, pinning by the defects appears at the temperature $T_{C_{p}}^{max}$ of the specific heat maximum, well above the magnetic irreversibility line $T_{irr}(H)$. | result 1.00 | 0.85 | 0.17 | asserted 1.00 |
| s5 | In isotropic K$_{x}$Ba$_{1-x}$BiO$_{3}$, the onset of the pinning-related torque anomaly tracks the onset of the specific heat anomaly and the irreversibility line. | result 0.99 | 0.64 | 0.07 | asserted 1.00 |
| s6 | In YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$, fluctuations of the amplitude of the order parameter (and not vortex line wandering) are ultimately responsible for the vanishing of pinning. | interpretation 0.66 | 0.83 | 0.22 | asserted 1.00 |
| s7 | In K$_{x}$Ba$_{1-x}$BiO$_{3}$, vortex pinning disappears only at the superconducting-to-normal transition. | result 1.00 | 0.75 | 0.08 | asserted 1.00 |
| s8 | The results indicate that in both compounds, the pinning energy at the ``Bose glass'' transition is large with respect to the total free energy gain in the superconducting state. | result 0.55 | 0.81 | 0.42 | hedged possibility 0.96 |
| s9 | By implication, the mechanism of this latter transition should be reconsidered. | interpretation 0.98 | 0.25 | 0.28 | hedged possibility 0.79 |
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It is shown that the large effect of heavy ion-irradiation on the thermodynamical properties of the anisotropic superconductor YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$ extends well into the superconducting fluctuation regime. The presence of the induced amorphous columnar defects shifts the specific heat maximum at the normal-to-superconducting transition. This effect is similar to that recently put into evidence in cubic K$_{x}$Ba$_{1-x}$BiO$_{3}$ ($x \simeq 0.35$). In both compounds, vortex pinning manifests itself as a sharp angular dependence of the \em equilibrium \rm torque. In YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$, pinning by the defects appears at the temperature $T_{C_{p}}^{max}$ of the specific heat maximum, well above the magnetic irreversibility line $T_{irr}(H)$. In isotropic K$_{x}$Ba$_{1-x}$BiO$_{3}$, the onset of the pinning-related torque anomaly tracks the onset of the specific heat anomaly and the irreversibility line. In YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$, fluctuations of the amplitude of the order parameter (and not vortex line wandering) are ultimately responsible for the vanishing of pinning. In K$_{x}$Ba$_{1-x}$BiO$_{3}$, vortex pinning disappears only at the superconducting-to-normal transition. The results indicate that in both compounds, the pinning energy at the ``Bose glass'' transition is large with respect to the total free energy gain in the superconducting state. By implication, the mechanism of this latter transition should be reconsidered.
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