The breakdown of superconductivity due to strong fields for the Ginzburg-Landau model

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 341-359

  Giorgi, T ^a   Phillips, D ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ginzburg Landau equations; Normal state; Superconductivity; Upper critical fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032622648     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/s0036141097323163     Document Type: Article

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