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Anisotropic properties of MgB2 by torque magnetometry
Anisotropic properties of superconducting MgB2 obtained by torque
magnetometry are compared to theoretical predictions, concentrating on two
issues. Firstly, the angular dependence of Hc2 is shown to deviate close to Tc
from the dependence assumed by anisotropic Ginzburg-Landau theory. Secondly,
from the evaluation of torque vs angle curves it is concluded that the
anisotropy of the penetration depth gamma_lambda has to be substantially higher
at low temperature than theoretical estimates, at least in fields higher than
0.2 T.Comment: 2 p.,2 Fig., submitted to Physica C (M2S-Rio proceedings); v2: 1 ref
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Explosive Ising
We study a two-dimensional kinetic Ising model with Swendsen-Wang dynamics,
replacing the usual percolation on top of Ising clusters by explosive
percolation. The model exhibits a reversible first-order phase transition with
hysteresis. Surprisingly, at the transition flanks the global bond density
seems to be equal to the percolation thresholds.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Differential thermal analysis and solution growth of intermetallic compounds
To obtain single crystals by solution growth, an exposed primary
solidification surface in the appropriate, but often unknown, equilibrium alloy
phase diagram is required. Furthermore, an appropriate crucible material is
needed, necessary to hold the molten alloy during growth, without being
attacked by it. Recently, we have used the comparison of realistic simulations
with experimental differential thermal analysis (DTA) curves to address both
these problems. We have found: 1) complex DTA curves can be interpreted to
determine an appropriate heat treatment and starting composition for solution
growth, without having to determine the underlying phase diagrams in detail. 2)
DTA can facilitate identification of appropriate crucible materials. DTA can
thus be used to make the procedure to obtain single crystals of a desired phase
by solution growth more efficient. We will use some of the systems for which we
have recently obtained single-crystalline samples using the combination of DTA
and solution growth as examples. These systems are TbAl, PrNiSi,
and YMnAl.Comment: 17 pages, 8 figure
Anisotropy of the superconducting state properties and phase diagram of MgB2 by torque magnetometry on single crystals
The angular and temperature dependence of the upper critical field Hc2 in
MgB2 was determined from torque magnetometry measurements on single crystals.
The Hc2 anisotropy gamma_H was found to decrease with increasing temperature,
in disagreement with the anisotropic Ginzburg-Landau theory, which predicts
that the gamma_H is temperature independent. This behaviour can be explained by
the two band nature of superconductivity in MgB2. An analysis of measurements
of the reversible torque in the mixed state yields a field dependent effective
anisotropy gamma_eff, which can be at least partially explained by different
anisotropies of the penetration depth and the upper critical field. It is shown
that a peak effect in fields of about 0.85 Hc2 is a manifestation of an
order-disorder phase transition of vortex matter. The H-T phase diagram of MgB2
for H//c correlates with the intermediate strength of thermal fluctuations in
MgB2, as compared to those in high and low Tc superconductors.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures, Physica C in print (invited paper for a special
issue on MgB2
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