First-order phase transition to a rotational phase in anisotropic superconductors
Buzdin A. I. , Simonov A. Yu.
Layered superconductors in which a second-order phase transition occurs in a field parallel to the layers and a first-order phase transition occurs in a field perpendicular to the layers are studied. It is shown that a first-order phase transition to a rotational phase occurs in a tilted field and that regions of normal phase alternate with regions of rotational phase in the intermediate state.