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Virgin magnetization of a magnetically shielded superconductor wire: theory and experiment

Superconductivity 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

On the basis of exact solutions to the London equation the magnetic moment of a type II superconductor filament surrounded by a soft-magnet environment is calculated and the procedure of extracting the superconductor contribution from magnetic measurements is suggested. Comparison of theoretical results with experiments on MgB_2/Fe wires allows estimation of the value of critical current for the first magnetic flux penetration.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0401184,
  title  = {Virgin magnetization of a magnetically shielded superconductor wire: theory and experiment},
  author = {Yu. A. Genenko and S. V. Yampolskii and A. V. Pan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0401184},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures, RevTeX4; submitted to Applied Physics Letters