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Surface currents and bulk pinning in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8

  • D. Majer
  • , E. Zeldov
  • , M. Konczykowski
  • , V. B. Geshkenbein
  • , A. I. Larkin
  • , L. Burlachkov
  • , V. M. Vinokur
  • , N. Chikumoto
  • Weizmann Institute of Science
  • École polytechnique
  • RAS - Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics
  • Argonne National Laboratory
  • The University of Tokyo

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Abstract

The mechanisms giving rise to the irreversibility line (IL) in the phase diagram of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 and the mechanism behind the second maximum in the magnetization loops were determined using a novel Hall-sensor array. The IL is caused by bulk pinning at lower temperatures and by irreversible shielding currents above 22K. The second maximum is caused by vortex lattice melting, taking place at the same local magnetic induction Bm throughout the sample.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2765-2766
Number of pages2
JournalPhysica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
Volume235-240
Issue numberPART 4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1994

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
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Funding

ponentiatle mperaturdee pendencweh ich is con-sistentw ith thermala ctivationo f the vortices over a Bean-Livingstosnu rfaceb arrier\ [4\]A. t T > 60K Hp(T)a ndH xs(T)fo llowa lineart em-peratured ependenceS.u chb ehavioirs consistent with the presencoef geometricbala rriers\[ 1,3\A].t lowert emperaturethse o bservedu pturno f Hp(T) and HtL(T)i s the resulto f a significanbt ulk pinning. This work was supportedb y the Israeli Ministry of Sciencea nd the Arts, by the Philip M. Klutznick Fund, by MINERVA foundationa, nd by France-Israeclo operatiopnr ogramP ICS 112. VMV acknowledgeths es upportt hroughU S De-partmenotf Energy,B ES-MaterialSs ciencesu, n-der contracNt o. W-31-109-ENG-38.

Funders
ICS
Israeli Ministry of Sciencea nd the Arts
MINERVA foundationa

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