Off-equilibrium properties of vortex creep in superconductors

Citation
Hj. Jensen et M. Nicodemi, Off-equilibrium properties of vortex creep in superconductors, EUROPH LETT, 54(5), 2001, pp. 566-572
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
02955075 → ACNP
Volume
54
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
566 - 572
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(200106)54:5<566:OPOVCI>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We study a model for the dynamics of vortices in type-II superconductors. I n particular, we discuss glassy "off-equilibrium" properties and "aging" in magnetic creep. At low temperatures a crossover point is found, T-g, where relaxation times seem to diverge a la Vogel-Tamman-Fulcher. Magnetic creep changes by crossing T-g : above T-g power law creep is found asymptoticall y followed by stretched exponential saturation; below T-g the creep is loga rithmic and vortex motion strongly subdiffusive. In this region violation o f time translation invariance is found along with important dynamical scali ng properties.