Reentrant peak effect and the melting of a flux line lattice in 2H-NbSe2.
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A reentrant peak effect is observed through low field ac susceptibility measurements on the weakly pinned flux line lattice in single crystals of 2H-NbSe2. The resulting phase diagram of the peak effect is strikingly similar to the theoretically predicted reentrant phase boundary which separates flux lattice and flux liquid phases. The broadening and ultimate disappearance of the peak effect at very low fields is consistent with the predicted crossover to a disordered glassy state in this field regime. [S0031-9007(96)00374-2]
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 76 24 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996