2003/02/28 by Jack Lidmar · 2 citations
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paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.91.097001
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 097001 (2003) · 4 pages, 4 figures
openalex publication_date 2003/08/27 · arxiv created 2003/08/28 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We introduce a model describing vortices in strongly disordered three-dimensional superconductors. The model focuses on the topological defects, i.e., dislocation lines, in an elastic description of the vortex lattice. The model is studied using Monte Carlo simulations, revealing a glass phase at low temperatures, separated by a continuous phase transition to the high temperature resistive vortex liquid phase. The critical exponents nu approximately 1.3 and eta approximately -0.4 characterizing the transition are obtained from finite size scaling.