Thermodynamic parameters of HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8x from high-field magnetization

Abstract
We have measured the temperature dependence of reversible magnetization of grain-aligned HgBa2 Ca2 Cu3 O8x high-Tc superconductors with external magnetic field parallel to the c axis. Our data show the crossover of the magnetization below the superconducting onset temperature, which indicates a dominant vortex fluctuation. Except this vortex fluctuation region, reversible magnetization data could be described by using Hao and Clem’s model. From the analysis magnetization curve based on this model, the thermodynamic critical field Hc(T) and Ginzburg-Landau parameter κ=118 were extracted. Also, we obtained the superconducting parameters; the penetration depth λab(0)=2060 Å, coherence length ξab(0)=18 Å, and the zero-temperature upper critical field Hc2(0)=108 T.