Vortex pinning by inhomogeneities in type-II superconductors

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 397-407

  Chapman, S J ^a   Richardson, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ginzburg Landau; Impurity; Pinning; Superconductivity; Vortex

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; IMPURITIES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

GINZBURG-LANDAU THEORY; VORTEX PINNING;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 0031240737     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(97)00053-5     Document Type: Article

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