Published December 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Anisotropy in MgB2

  • 1. Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP (Brazil). Inst. de Fisica Gleb Wataghin
  • 2. Sao Paulo Univ., Sao Carlos, SP (Brazil). Grupo de Materiais e Dispositivos

Description

The first direct measurement of an anisotropic superconducting property in MgB2 was achieved for the bulk nucleation field Hc2, in a sample of aligned crystallites. It was found a ratio γ(T) = Hc2ab/Hc2c 1:6-1:9; for T varying from 32 K to 26K, between H applied parallel to the ab plane, and along the c direction. The anisotropy of the induced critical current density was evaluated through the Bean model to be Jcab/Jcc ∼ 1:5. We present here a brief review of these studies in connection with current results found in the literature. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Brazilian Journal of Physics
Journal Volume
33
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 709-712
ISSN
0103-9733
CODEN
BJPHE6

Conference

Title
International workshop on unconventional superconductors
Acronym
U-Super
Dates
20-24 May 2003
Place
Campinas, SP (Brazil)

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Notes
23 refs., 4 figs. Also available from http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bjp/v33n4/a14v33n4.pdf