NONLINEAR LOGARITHMIC TIME DECAY OF MAGNETIZATION IN SUPERCONDUCTING RB3C60

Citation
Cl. Lin et al., NONLINEAR LOGARITHMIC TIME DECAY OF MAGNETIZATION IN SUPERCONDUCTING RB3C60, Solid state communications, 90(10), 1994, pp. 629-633
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
ISSN journal
00381098
Volume
90
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
629 - 633
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-1098(1994)90:10<629:NLTDOM>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We have measured the time decay of the magnetization for a well charac terized superconducting fullerene Rb3C60. The temperature dependence o f the magnetic relaxation rate dM(t)/dln(t) exhibits a maximum at a ch aracteristic temperature T(max), which decreases with increasing field . At low temperatures a nonlinear logarithmic time decay of the magnet ization is observable only after several hours, but is clearly observa ble after much shorter times at high temperatures. This nonlinear beha vior suggests the existence of a vortex glass state in Rb3C60 and is c onsistent with the collective creep model.