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Meissner effect and critical fields in an inhomogeneous Ba2HoCu3O7-x high-Tc superconductor
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The Meissner and diamagnetic shielding effects and the upper, lower, and thermodynamical critical fields have been studied in a Ba2HoCu3O7-x sample using magnetization measurements in fields up to 55 kOe. The diamagnetic shielding curve shows the existence of a transition at Tc=91.5 K followed by a broad transition extending from 85 to 25 K which may be related to inhomogeneities in the oxygen content of the sample. A rather low flux expulsion (13.5%) is observed which we attribute to flux pinning or trapping. We show that the coexistence of superconducting and nonsuperconducting regions within the sample at temperatures just below Tc leads to strong reductions in the critical magnetic fields.
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OBRADORS, Xavier, et al. Meissner effect and critical fields in an inhomogeneous Ba2HoCu3O7-x high-Tc superconductor. Physical Review B. 1988. Vol. 38, num. 4, pags. 2455-2459. ISSN 0163-1829. [consulted: 8 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/9764