Collective flux pinning in hexatic vortex fluid in a-MoGe thin film

We investigate the magnetic field variation of the thermally activated flux flow resistivity, ρ _TAFF and flux flow critical current density, J _c, in a weakly pinned thin film of the amorphous superconductor a-MoGe, where vortices are in a fluid state over a large range of magnetic fields. We show that both quantities can be understood within the framework of collective pinning theory. In particular, our results demonstrate that a 'peak effect' can arise at the order-disorder transition of the vortex lattice even when both the ordered and disordered states are vortex fluids, such as the boundary between a hexatic vortex fluid and an isotropic vortex liquid.