Collective and plastic vortex motion in superconductors at high flux densities

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6737, 1999, Pages 665-668

  Troyanovski, A M ^a,b   Aarts, J ^a   Kes, P H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; GROUND STATE; MAGNETIC FLUX; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; PLASTICITY; POINT DEFECTS; QUENCHING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

MAGNETIC VORTEX SYSTEMS; PINNING POTENTIALS;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FRICTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033578036     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/21385     Document Type: Article

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