Identification of vortex pinning centers and regimes in coated conductors

Flux Pinning and AC loss Studies on YBCO Coated Conductors

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 35-57

  Maiorov, Boris ^a   Civale, Leonardo ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical current; Flux pinning; Superconductivity; Thin films; Ybco

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650902518     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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