1994/03/31 by Marcel Franz, M. Franz, S. Teitel +1 · 5 citations
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paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.73.480
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 480 (1994) · 12 pages, 4 figures (available on request from [email protected]), REVTEX [we revise our conclusion on the order of the melting transition from second to first order - new figure 4 added]
arxiv created 1994/05/12 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex publication_date 2010/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/04/28
Simulations of 2D vortex lattice melting in superconducting films are performed in the London limit. A detailed finite size scaling test of the theory of dislocation mediated melting in 2D indicates a weakly first order transition, and no hexactic liquid phase. However, the shear modulus vanishes discontinuously at melting, with a value in good agreement with this theory.