LOCAL MAGNETIC-RELAXATION IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS

Citation
Y. Abulafia et al., LOCAL MAGNETIC-RELAXATION IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS, Physical review letters, 75(12), 1995, pp. 2404-2407
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
75
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2404 - 2407
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1995)75:12<2404:LMIHS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A novel Hall probe array technique is used to measure the spatial dist ribution and time dependence of the magnetic induction in YBa2Cu3O7-de lta crystals. Analysis of the data based on the flux diffusion equatio n allows a direct, model-independent determination of the local activa tion energy U and the logarithmic time scale to for flux creep. The re sults indicate that the spatial variations of U are small (+/-kT) and that U increases logarithmically with time. The time t(0) is inversely proportional to the field and it exhibits a nonmonotonic temperature dependence. These results confirm theoretical predictions based on the logarithmic solution of the flux diffusion equation.