Search for a vortex loop blowout transition in a type-II superconductor in a finite magnetic field
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چکیده
The three-dimensional uniformly frustrated XY model is simulated to search for a predicted ‘‘vortex loop’’ 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.
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