Vortex-line-lattice melting, vortex-line cutting, and entanglement in model high-<span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><msub><mrow><mi mathvariant="italic">T</mi></mrow><mrow><mi mathvariant="italic">c</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></math></span> superconductors

Ying-Hong Li; S. Teitel

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.3301

Vortex-line-lattice melting, vortex-line cutting, and entanglement in model high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

Ying-Hong Li and S. Teitel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 3301 – Published 24 June 1991

Abstract

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