Freezing of the vortex liquid in the high-Tc superconductors

Jackson, D. J.C.; Das, M. P.

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Freezing of the vortex liquid in the high-Tc superconductors

Date

1994

Authors

Jackson, D. J.C.

Das, M. P.

Abstract

We discuss the freezing transition of a vortex liquid in the high temperature superconductors by using the density functional approach. We calculate the freezing line in the B - T plane for the HgBa2CuO4+δ superconductor.