Physical Review Letters · 1979 · 156 citations · 8 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsSolid State PhysicsThin FilmsMagnetism In SolidsPhase TransitionsStates Of MatterSuperconducting MaterialsSuperconducting Thin FilmsVortex DynamicsCritical TemperatureMagnetic Field DependenceMelting TemperatureSuperconducting Critical TemperatureSuperconducting Phase TransitionsSuperconducting PropertiesSuperconductivity In Low-dimensional SystemsThin-film Superconductors
The existence of a new phase boundary for thin-film superconductors in an applied magnetic field and in rotating films of superfluid helium is predicted. The melting temperature is shown to lie below and scale with the zero-field vortex plasma transition temperature.
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Theory of Two-Dimensional Melting
Bertrand I. Halperin, David R. Nelson · Physical Review Letters · 1978 · 2K citations · Full text