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Title: Controlled levitation of a large magnet above superconductors

Journal Article · · Review of Scientific Instruments; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1141405· OSTI ID:6733762
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  1. IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY (USA)

The levitation of a permanent magnet over a type-II superconductor may be modified and controlled by the addition of a variable magnetic field to the magnet-superconductor system. Using this scheme, levitation of a magnet of significantly larger mass was established by the direct interaction of the additonal field with the levitating magnet.

OSTI ID:
6733762
Journal Information:
Review of Scientific Instruments; (USA), Vol. 61:7; ISSN 0034-6748
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English