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In single crystals of 2H-NbSe2, we identify for the first time a crossover from weak collective to strong pinning regime in the vortex state which is not associated with the peak effect phenomenon. Instead, we find the crossover is…
Based on the matching method, we explore the effects of adding an external magnetic field on the $s$-wave holographic superconductor when the gauge field is in the form of the logarithmic nonlinear source. First, we obtain the critical…
The magnetic field dependence of the critical current is studied in single crystal samples of the weak pinning type-II superconductor 2H-NbSe$_2$ in the high temperature and the low field region of the (H,T) phase space, in the vicinity of…
Detailed measurements of the critical current density jc of YBa2Cu3O7 films grown by pulsed laser deposition reveal the increase of jc as function of the filmthickness. Both this thickness dependence and the field dependence of the critical…
We examine the ordering, pinning, and dynamics of two-dimensional pattern forming systems interacting with a periodic one-dimensional substrate. In the absence of the substrate, particles with competing long-range repulsion and short-range…
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We propose to use superconductor-magnet multi-layer structure to achieve high critical current density by invoking polaronic mechanism of pinning. The magnetic layers should have large magnetic susceptibility to enhance the coupling between…
We present an analysis of the magnetic field distribution in the Abrikosov lattice of high-$\kappa$ superconductors with singlet pairing in the case where the critical field is mainly determined by the Pauli limit and the superfluid…
Enhancement of flux pinning by magnetic nanoparticles embedded into the bulk of type-2 superconductor is studied both theoretically and experimentally. Magnetic part of the pinning force associated with the interaction between a spherical…
The thermodynamic critical field $B_{\rm c}$ provides direct access to the superconducting condensation energy, yet its pressure dependence has been studied much less extensively than that of the transition temperature. Here,…
I propose an efficient method for measuring non-linear coupling between the collective axial breathing mode and the radial rocking mode induced by the mutual Coulomb repulsion in linear ion crystal. The quantum sensing technique is based on…
We present a theory of superconductivity in presence of a general magnetic structure in a form suitable for the description of complex magnetic phases encountered in borocarbides. The theory, complemented with some details of the band…
We present a comprehensive study of magnetoconductivity for general three-dimensional non-magnetic metals within the Berry-curvature-corrected semiclassical and Boltzmann framework. We find a new contribution, which is intrinsic in the…
Magnetic dependencies of the critical current of superconducting, aluminium rings, with homogeneous section and with small narrow spot, are measured. Only permitted state at each magnetic flux value is observed in the conventional ring…
Magnetic susceptibility in the deconfined phase of QCD is calculated in a closed form using a recent general expression for the quark gas pressure in magnetic field. Quark selfenergies are entering the result via Polyakov line factors and…
Various applications of superconducting materials require accounting of anisotropy of the current-carrying capacity relative to magnetic field direction - Ic({\theta}). However, today there is no sufficiently comprehensive model that takes…
Although the flux density map of a bulk superconductor provides in principle sufficient information for calculating the magnitude and the direction of the supercurrent flow, the inversion of the Biot-Savart law is ill conditioned for thick…
Magneto-impedance (MI) effects have been observed for amorphous Fe73.5Nb3Cu1Si13.5B9 ribbon which has been excited by an a.c. magnetic field parallel to the length of the ribbon. Maximum relative change in MI as large as -99% was observed…
We discuss the microwave energy losses in superconductors in the critical state. The field-induced variations of the surface resistance are determined, in the framework of the Coffey and Clem model, by taking into account the distribution…
The measurement of $B_s$-meson branching fractions is a fundamental tool to probe physics beyond the Standard Model. Every measurement of untagged time-integrated $B_s$-meson branching fractions is model-dependent due to the time dependence…