Published January 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Breach of the logarithmic magnetic relaxation behavior of HTSC with strong pinning centers

  • 1. B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 47 Lenin Ave., Kharkov 61103 (Ukraine)

Description

The dynamics of magnetic flux trapped in low constant fields are investigated experimentally in YBCO single crystals with strong pinning centers that are formed by the unidirectional twin boundary system. It is found that within the domain of strong thermal fluctuations in the vicinity of the superconducting phase transition the logarithmic isothermal relaxation of magnetization differs essentially from the quasilogarithmic one previously observed only at high magnetic fields. Using the of Anderson-Kim linear model of thermal activated creep the effective pinning potential was estimated. It is shown that the Zeldov inverse logarithmic model offers a much correct description of magnetization drop much at temperatures close to the critical ones, especially for long measurement times.

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Original title (Russian)
Нарушение логарифмического хода релаксации намагниченности VTSP с сильными центрами пиннинга

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Fizika Nizkikh Temperatur
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 39-43
ISSN
0132-6414