Abstract
The thermodynamics of the vortex lattice of high-temperature superconductors has been studied by solving the generalized Ginzburg-Landau equations derived microscopically. Our numerical simulation indicates that the structure of the vortex lattice is oblique at the temperature far away from the transition temperature Tc, where the mixed s-dx2-y2 state is expected to have the lowest energy. Whereas, very close to Tc, the dx2-y2 wave is slightly lower energetically and a triangular vortex lattice recovers. The coexistence and the coupling between the s and d waves would account for the unusual dynamic behaviours such as the upward curvature of the upper critical field curve HC2(T), as observed in dc magnetization measurements on single-crystal YBa2Cu3O7 samples.
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