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Title: Topological magnetic irreversibility in superconducting Pb samples of various shapes
Author: Vélez, Saül
Panadès i Guinart, Carles
Abril, Guillem
García Santiago, Antoni
Hernández Ferràs, Joan Manel
Tejada Palacios, Javier
Keywords: Superconductivitat
Mecànica estadística
Superconductivity
Statistical mechanics
Issue Date: 2008
Publisher: The American Physical Society
Abstract: The magnetic-field dependence of the magnetization of cylinders, disks, and spheres of pure type-I superconducting lead was investigated by means of isothermal measurements of first magnetization curves and hysteresis cycles. Depending on the geometry of the sample and the direction and intensity of the applied magnetic field, the intermediate state exhibits different irreversible features that become particularly highlighted in minor hysteresis cycles. The irreversibility is noticeably observed in cylinders and disks only when the magnetic field is parallel to the axis of revolution and is very subtle in spheres. When the magnetic field decreases from the normal state, the irreversibility appears at a temperature-dependent value whose distance to the thermodynamic critical field depends on the sample geometry. The irreversible features in the disks are altered when they are submitted to an annealing process. These results agree well with very recent high-resolution magneto-optical experiments in similar materials that were interpreted in terms of transitions between different topological structures for the flux configuration in the intermediate state. A discussion of the relative role of geometrical barriers for flux entry and exit and pinning effects as responsible for the magnetic irreversibility is given.
Note: Reproducció digital del document publicat en format paper, proporcionada per PROLA i http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.134501
It is part of: Physical Review B, 2008, vol. 78, núm. 13, p. 134501-1-134501-5
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/10931
Related resource: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.134501
ISSN: 0163-1829
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