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Electrostatic mechanism of pinning of vortices at edge dislocations in type II superconductors

Journal Article · · Sov. Phys. - Solid State (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5281171
A basically new mechanism of pinning of vortices at edge dislocations in superconductors is considered: such pinning is due to the difference between the screening properties of the conduction electrons in the normal and superconducting phases. The potential energy of the electrostatic interaction of a vortex with a dislocation is estimated and the theoretical expressions are applied to the specific case of Nb/sub 3/Sn. (AIP)
Research Organization:
Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Kiev
OSTI ID:
5281171
Journal Information:
Sov. Phys. - Solid State (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Phys. - Solid State (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 22:2; ISSN SPSSA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English