Abstract
Magnetization measurements have been performed on several crystals of ${\mathrm{Bi}}_{2}{\mathrm{Sr}}_{2}{\mathrm{CaCu}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{8+\mathrm{\ensuremath{\delta}}}$ as a function of both temperature and magnetic field. A pinning crossover for vortices is identified at fields above the arrowhead second peak transition but below the irreversibility line in agreement with recent Hall-array measurements. In addition, a small but clear feature is apparent in the derivative of the magnetic moment as a function of temperature at fields below that of the arrowhead at an almost field-independent temperature of about 32 K. These features define a pinning-related transition that crosses continuously from the disordered into the ordered vortex solid phase.
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