| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9841679 | Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Columnar defects are shown to produce anisotropic pinning in the vortex liquid state of YBCO. We interpret the disappearance of anisotropic pinning as signaling the loss of longitudinal correlation of vortices as thermal fluctuations dominate their line tension.
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Authors
G.W. Crabtree, Wai K. Kwok, Robert Olsson, Goran Karapetrov, Lisa Paulius,