2001/07/13 by Dingping Li, Li, Dingping, B. Rosenstein +2
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Superconducting Materials and Applications #Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con) #Theoretical and Computational Physics #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0107281
16 pages, 3 figures
arxiv created 2001/07/13 · openalex publication_date 2001/07/13 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Theory of melting of the vortex lattice in type II superconductors in the framework of Ginzburg - Landau approach is presented. The melting line location is determined and magnetization and specific heat jumps along it are calculated. The magnetization of liquid is larger than that of solid by 1.8% irrespective of the melting temperature, while the specific heat jump is about 6% and decreases slowly with temperature. The magnetization curves agrees with experimental results on YBCO and Monte Carlo simulations.