In Search of the Vortex Loop Blowout Transition for a type-II Superconductor in a Finite Magnetic Field
arXiv:cond-mat/0212471 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.67.144514
Abstract
The 3D uniformly frustrated XY model is simulated to search for a predicted "vortex loop blowout" transition within the vortex line liquid phase of a strongly type-II superconductor in an applied magnetic field. Results are shown to strongly depend on the precise scheme used to trace out vortex line paths. While we find evidence for a transverse vortex path percolation transition, no signal of this transition is found in the specific heat.
11 pages, 17 figures