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Vortex nucleation and flux front propagation in type II superconductors

Superconductivity 2009-11-10 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We study flux penetration in a disordered type II superconductor by simulations of interacting vortices, using a Monte Carlo method for vortex nucleation. Our results show that a detailed description of the nucleation process yields a correction to the scaling laws usually associated with flux front invasion. We propose a simple model to account for these corrections.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0311034,
  title  = {Vortex nucleation and flux front propagation in type II superconductors},
  author = {Stefano Zapperi and Jose S. Andrade and Andre A. Moreira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0311034},
  year   = {2009}
}

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submitted to Physica A, proceedings of LAWNP 03