PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Shi, Zhenzhong AU - Baity, P. G. AU - Sasagawa, T. AU - Popović, Dragana TI - Vortex phase diagram and the normal state of cuprates with charge and spin orders AID - 10.1126/sciadv.aay8946 DP - 2020 Feb 01 TA - Science Advances PG - eaay8946 VI - 6 IP - 7 4099 - http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/7/eaay8946.short 4100 - http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/7/eaay8946.full SO - Sci Adv2020 Feb 01; 6 AB - The phase diagram of underdoped cuprates in a magnetic field (H) is key to understanding the anomalous normal state of these high-temperature superconductors. However, the upper critical field (Hc2), the extent of superconducting (SC) phase with vortices, and the role of charge orders at high H remain controversial. Here we study stripe-ordered La-214, i.e., cuprates in which charge orders are most pronounced and zero-field SC transition temperatures Tc0 are lowest. This enables us to explore the vortex phases in a previously inaccessible energy scale window. By combining linear and nonlinear transport techniques sensitive to vortex matter, we determine the T − H phase diagram, directly detect Hc2, and reveal novel properties of the high-field ground state. Our results demonstrate that quantum fluctuations and disorder play a key role as T → 0, while the high-field ground state is likely a metal, not an insulator, due to the presence of stripes.