Published February 1994 | Version v1
Journal article

Flux pinning and the irreversibility line in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 single crystals

  • 1. Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Nottingham (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Warwick, Coventry (United Kingdom)

Description

Measurements of the ac-susceptibility have been used to investigate the irreversibility line (IL) for a Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 single crystal. The activation energy, U0, determined from the frequency dependence of the ac-susceptibility, can be related to the IL if one employs the model of thermally activated flux creep. This correlation is clearly demonstrated by the observation of a kink in the IL and the existence of two regions in the U0(H) curve. These results show that for the magnetic field strengths considered in this work, the IL is a depinning line marking a crossover from flux creep to flux flow regimes. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
194-196
Journal Page Range
p. 1887-1888.
ISSN
0921-4526
CODEN
PHYBE3

Conference

Title
20. IUPAP international conference on low temperature physics (LT-20).
Dates
4-11 Aug 1993.
Place
Eugene, OR (United States).