Boson localization and pinning by correlated disorder in high-temperature superconductors
- 13 April 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 68 (15), 2398-2401
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.68.2398
Abstract
The physics of flux lines in the cuprate superconductors pinned by columnar defects is mapped onto boson localization in two dimensions. The theory predicts a Bose glass phase with an infinite tilt modulus and zero linear resistivity, as well as an entangled flux liquid. We describe correlations and transport in these phases, and propose a scaling theory for the irreversibility line which separates them.Keywords
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