Effects of the variable Lorentz force on the critical current in anisotropic superconducting thin films

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 3697-3700

  Maiorov, B ^a   Jia, Q X ^a   Zhou, H ^a   Wang, H ^b   Li, Y ^e   Kursunovic, A ^c   MacManus Driscoll, J L ^a,c   Haugan, T J ^d   Barnes, P N ^d   Foltyn, S R ^e   Civale, L ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Critical current; Lorentz force; Superconducting films; Superconducting tapes; Vortex pinning

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLUX PINNING; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SUPERCONDUCTING TAPES;

FLUX-FLOW DISSIPATION; PINNING REGIMES; VORTEX LATTICE; VORTEX PINNING;

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 34547404779     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.898364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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