The small size vortex-antivortex pairs proliferation in a type-II superconducting film is considered below T(c). The corresponding contribution to the free energy is calculated. It is shown that these fluctuations give the main temperature dependent contribution to the heat capacity of the superconducting film in the sufficiently large interval of temperatures below the transition point.
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