Abstract
Abrikosov’s mean-field theory of type-II superconductors predicts an unusual continuous freezing transition to a triangular flux lattice at . We show that fluctuations, which are negligible above d=6, drive this transition first order to lowest order in an expansion in ε=6-d.
- Received 15 October 1984
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.31.7124
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