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VOLUME 61 (1995) | ISSUE 10 |
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Possible fluctuation origin of the anomalies in the c-axis magnetoresistance observed in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x above the critical temperature
Balestrino G. , Milani E., Varlamov A. A.
An expression for the transverse magnetoresistance above Tc has been derived from the theory of fluctuation contribution to the c-axis conductivity of layered superconductors under an external magnetic field,, which was recently developed by Dorin et al. The suppression of fluctuations due to the magnetic field leads to a decrease of the negative fluctuation contribution to the conductance, and therefore to a negative transverse magnetoresistance at temperatures not too close to Tc. The formula derived from the theory has been compared with the available experimental data of the magnetoresistance of BSCCO single crystals obtained by Ong et al. at temperatures 10-20 К above Tc. The quadratic increase of the relative magnetoresistance with the field and its temperature dependence are explained clearly. A quantitative fit to the experimental data shows a remarkable agreement of the theory with experiment, and allows to extract the values of several physical parameters. © 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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