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Lower critical field and magnetization of strong-coupling, type II superconductors in the dirty limit

Journal Article · · J. Low Temp. Phys.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00116866· OSTI ID:5971997
Usadel's dirty-limit version of Gorkov-Eilenberger theory including strong-coupling effects is used to calculate the lower critical field of superconducting alloys. The results of the (rigorous) numerical study, which is valid for all temperatures and Ginzburg-Landau parameters /kappa/, are compared with experiments and with the existing weak-coupling theory. One achieves agreement with the bulk of the experimental results only if /kappa/ is properly adjusted. In addition, it is shown that a circular-cell approximation for the vortex state yields highly accurate magnetization curves, which are influenced in a characteristic way by strong electron-phonon coupling.
Research Organization:
Physikalisches Institut der Universitaet Bayreuth (Germany, F.R.)
OSTI ID:
5971997
Journal Information:
J. Low Temp. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Low Temp. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 71:5-6; ISSN JLTPA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English