Transport Properties and Structures of Vortex Matter in Layered Superconductors

M.F. LAGUNA, D. DOMINGUEZ, C.A. BALSEIRO

PHYSICAL REVIEW B - CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS

The American Physical Society

Lugar: U.S.A.; Año: 2000 vol. 62 p. 6692 - 6698

0163-1829

In this paper we analyze the structure, phase transitions, and some transport properties of the vortex system when the external magnetic field lies parallel to the planes in layered superconductors. We show that experimental results for resistivity are qualitatively consistent with numerical simulations that describe the melting of a commensurate rotated lattice. However, for some magnetic fields, the structure factor indicates the occurrence of smectic peaks at an intermediate temperature regime.