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Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 3301 - 3304 (1991)

Vortex-line-lattice melting, vortex-line cutting, and entanglement in model high-Tc superconductors
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Ying-Hong Li and S. Teitel
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

Received 15 January 1991

We have carried out a Monte Carlo study of anisotropic 3D uniformly frustrated XY models, as a model for the type-II high-Tc superconductors. Vortex-line-lattice melting, vortex-line cutting, and entanglement have been studied in relation to the superconducting phase transition.


©1991 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v66/p3301
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.3301
PACS: 64.60.-i, 74.40.+k

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