A low-frequency torsional oscillator has been used to search for flux-lattice melting in an untwinned single crystal of Y₁{Ba}₂Cu₃{O}_{7{{-}}{{δ}}}$. The damping of the oscillator was measured as a function of temperature, for applied magnetic fields in the range 0.1{≤}H{≤}2.3 T. A remarkably sharp damping peak has been located. It is suggested that the temperature of the peak corresponds to the melting point of the Abrikosov flux lattice.
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