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Pinning of a Curved Flux Line by Macroscopic Inclusions in a Type II Superconductor
Author(s) -
Shehata L. N.,
Saif A. G.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221210234
Subject(s) - superconductivity , ellipsoid , condensed matter physics , flux pinning , flux (metallurgy) , type ii superconductor , inclusion (mineral) , line (geometry) , physics , type (biology) , pinning force , geometry , materials science , critical current , mathematics , geology , paleontology , astronomy , metallurgy , thermodynamics
The pinning force is calculated as a function of the distance between a curved (or straight) flux line and the centre of a macroscopic superconducting (or normal) ellipsoidal inclusion. When the ellipsoidal tends to a spherical inclusion the results agree with those previously obtained.