Critical magnetic field and asymptotic behavior of superconducting thin films

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 239-256

  Ding, Shijin ^a   Qiang, D U ^b,c  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Critical magnetic field; Pinning; Superconductivity; Thin films; Vortices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037287678     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141000378619     Document Type: Article

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