Crossover from high-temperature vortex-liquid to low-temperature vortex-glass behavior in single phase HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8+δ superconductor

The ρ–T curves in our single phase HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8+δ superconductor were measured as a function of temperature and magnetic field, ρ=ρ0exp(−Ueff/κBT). It can be transformed to another form d(lnρ)/d(1/T)=−Ueff+TdUeff/dT, then this becomes a plot of the activation energy Ueff as a function of temperature. Our data plotted in these ways show a clear crossover from high-temperature two-dimensional vortex-liquid to a critical region associated with the low-temperature three-dimensional vortex-glass phase transition. The critical exponents v(z−1)=3.9±1.9 in this system are little different with previous measurements in BSCCO and YBCO systems.