Glass transitions in monodisperse cluster-forming ensembles : vortex matter in type-1.5 superconductors

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dc.contributor.authorDiaz-Mendez, Rogelioen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMezzacapo, Fabioen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLechner, Wolfgangen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCinti, Fabioen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBabaev, Egoren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorPupillo, Guidoen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-07T12:27:33Z
dc.date.available2018-11-07T12:27:33Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionCITATION: Diaz-Mendez, R., et al. 2017. Glass transitions in monodisperse cluster-forming ensembles : vortex matter in type-1.5 superconductors. Physical Review Letters, 118(6):1-5, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.067001.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://journals.aps.org/prlen_ZA
dc.description.abstractAt low enough temperatures and high densities, the equilibrium configuration of an ensemble of ultrasoft particles is a self-assembled, ordered, cluster crystal. In the present Letter, we explore the out-of-equilibrium dynamics for a two-dimensional realization, which is relevant to superconducting materials with multiscale intervortex forces. We find that, for small temperatures following a quench, the suppression of the thermally activated particle hopping hinders the ordering. This results in a glass transition for a monodispersed ensemble, for which we derive a microscopic explanation in terms of an “effective polydispersity” induced by multiscale interactions. This demonstrates that a vortex glass can form in clean systems of thin films of “type-1.5” superconductors. An additional setup to study this physics can be layered superconducting systems, where the shape of the effective vortex-vortex interactions can be engineered.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.067001
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent5 pages : illustrations (some colour)en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDiaz-Mendez, R., et al. 2017. Glass transitions in monodisperse cluster-forming ensembles : vortex matter in type-1.5 superconductors. Physical Review Letters, 118(6):1-5, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.067001en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1079-7114 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.067001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/104657
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAmerican Physical Societyen_ZA
dc.subjectGlass transitionen_ZA
dc.subjectVortex matteren_ZA
dc.subjectCluster formationen_ZA
dc.subjectSuperconductorsen_ZA
dc.titleGlass transitions in monodisperse cluster-forming ensembles : vortex matter in type-1.5 superconductorsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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