Abstract
The vortex-lattice melting transition of a large untwinned crystal in the case of axis appears as a jump in dc magnetization at a melting transition and an abrupt transition in the ac susceptibility above Similarly, shows a jump at in the and configurations, indicating that a first-order-melting transition occurs in a highly compressed vortex lattice. This is reinforced by a lattice softening in below and a sharp transition above The melting lines fitted by give the relations and These are in excellent agreement with the anisotropy parameters and
- Received 23 February 1998
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.58.5222
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