Depinning of a superfluid vortex line by Kelvin waves
Superconductivity
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
We measure the interaction of a single superfluid vortex with surface irregularities. While vortex pinning in superconductors usually becomes weaker at higher temperatures, we find the opposite behavior. The pinning steadily increases throughout our measurement range, from 0.15Tc to over 0.5Tc. We also find that moving the other end of the vortex decreases the pinning, so we propose Kelvin waves along the vortex as a depinning mechanism.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0010240,
title = {Depinning of a superfluid vortex line by Kelvin waves},
author = {L. A. K. Donev and L. Hough and R. J. Zieve},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0010240},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 figures; substantial revision including 2 new figures