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Mixed-state quasiparticle transport in high-Tc cuprates: localization by magnetic field

M. Franz

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/9808230

Abstract

Theory of quasiparticle transport in the mixed state of a d-wave superconductor is developed under the assumption of disordered vortex array. A novel universal regime is identified at fields above H*= c*Hc2(T/Tc)2, characterized by a field-independent longitudinal thermal conductivity. It is argued that this behavior is responsible for the high-field plateau in the thermal conductivity experimentally observed in cuprates by Krishana, Ong and co-workers.

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