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Pulverization of the flux line lattice, the phase coexistence and the spinodal temperature of the order—disorder transition in a weakly pinned crystal of Yb3Rh4Sn13

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We have studied metastability effects pertaining to the peak effect (PE) in critical current density (J c) via isofield scans in AC susceptibility measurements in a weakly pinned single crystal of Yb3Rh4Sn13 (T c(0) ≈ 7.6 K). The order-disorder transition in this specimen proceeds in a multi-step manner. The phase coexistence regime between the onset temperature of the PE and the spinodal temperature (where metastability effects cease) seems to comprise two parts, where ordered and disordered regions dominate the bulk behavior, respectively. The PE line in the vortex phase diagram is argued to terminate at the low field end at a critical point in the elastic (Bragg) glass phase.

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    S. Sarkar, A. D. Thakur, S. Ramakrishnan & A. K. Grover

  2. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 400 076, Mumbai, India

    C. V. Tomy

  3. Department of Physics, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL, Coventry, UK

    G. Balakrishnan & D. McK Paul

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Sarkar, S., Tomy, C.V., Thakur, A.D. et al. Pulverization of the flux line lattice, the phase coexistence and the spinodal temperature of the order—disorder transition in a weakly pinned crystal of Yb3Rh4Sn13 . Pramana - J Phys 66, 179–192 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02704946

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