1999/12/07 by R. Mulet, Roberto Mulet, Mulet, R. +4
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con) #Theoretical and Computational Physics #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9912103
15 pages, 5 figures
openalex publication_date 1999/12/07 · arxiv created 2000/08/08 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Using a simple cellular automaton with stochastic rules we show the possible emergence of thermally activated avalanches (power law distributed) in type-II superconductors. Scaling relations between the exponents characterizing these distributions and those obtained from field driven experiments are derived and proved through simulations. It is also shown that the conditions for the appearance of these avalanches are independent of the pinning mechanism. The relevance of our simulations for recently reported experimental results is also outlined.