First-order melting transition of the two-dimensional flux-line lattice

1 February 1993

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B

Vol. 47 (5) , 2932-2935
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.47.2932

Abstract

An extensive Monte Carlo simulation on the melting transition of the two-dimensional flux-line lattice is presented. It is found that the melting transition is of first order while the transition temperature is close to that estimated from elastic theory assuming the Kosterlitz-Thouless melting transition.

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