Vortex-antivortex annihilation and flux turbulence in layered type-II superconductors

E. E. Dvash, I. Shapiro, B. Rosenstein, N. Logoboy, B. Y. Shapiro

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Abstract

New mechanism of turbulence instability of standing flux-antiflux front in layered superconductors is presented. We describe two assisting mechanisms destabilizing the standing vortex-antivortex front. There are anisotropy of the layered superconductors and the heat, released by the vortex-antivortex annihilation. We present the conditions of the front stability for various anisotropy and heating parameters. We predict that heat released by the vortex-antivortex annihilations enhances the turbulence instability in superconductors with small anisotropy. The characteristic size of the unstable pattern is estimated. The results are in a good agreement with recent experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)39-58
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume167
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2012

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Israel Academy of Sciences (Grant 4/03-11.7).

Funding

This work was supported by the Israel Academy of Sciences (Grant 4/03-11.7).

FundersFunder number
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities4/03-11.7

    Keywords

    • Anisotropic superconductors
    • Flux Instability
    • Spatial pattern

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