Superconductor stability, 1983: a review

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5859909

Dresner, L

Three main topics have been discussed in this paper, namely, internally cooled superconductors, cooling by superfluid helium, and metastable magnets. With regard to internally cooled superconductors, most of what we have learned in the last few years centers on the storng motion caused by the thermal expansion of helium. Our discussion of He-II was organized around the Gorter-Mellink relation and the solutions of the nonlinear diffusion equation it gives rise to. And our discussion of metastable magnets revolved around the fruitful concept of the minimum propagating zone (MPZ). These three ideas support much of the thought about superconductor stability that has flowered in the past several years.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 5859909
• Report Number(s): CONF-830841-4; ON: DE83017262
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CABLES
CONDUCTOR DEVICES
DIFFUSION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRIC CABLES
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROMAGNETS
EQUIPMENT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EXPANSION
FLUIDS
HELIUM 4
HELIUM II
HELIUM ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MAGNETS
NUCLEI
QUANTUM FLUIDS
REVIEWS
STABILITY
STABLE ISOTOPES
SUPERCONDUCTING CABLES
SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES
SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS
SUPERCONDUCTORS
THERMAL EXPANSION