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Rodríguez, E., C. Duran, J. Luzuriaga, F. de la Cruz, and C. Fainstein. "Anomalous behaviour of the vortex structure in Bi4Ca2Sr4Cu4O16+y measured with a vibrating reed at low magnetic fields." Physica C: Superconductivity 165, no. 3-4 (1990): 315–320.
Abstract: The response of the vortex structure in ceramic samples of Bi4Ca2Sr4Cu4O16+y has been measured by means of a vibrating reed technique in magnetic fields below 0.2 T. An anomally in the response of the reed is seen at temperatures of around 30 to 40 K, well below the critical temperature, indicating a transition similar to that attributed to a melting of the Flux Line Lattice. There is a shift in the temperature at which the anomaly is detected when one increases the driving force on the reed, while the dissipation shows a maximum associated to the transition which scales with the square of the applied magnetic field. Comparison with magnetization measurements shows that there is non-zero critical current at the same temperature where the anomalous behaviour is detected with our technique.
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