1999/11/11 by E. Goldobin, B. A. Malomed, B.A. Malomed +2
Physics and Astronomy · #Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena #Magnetic confinement fusion research #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0375-9601(99)00883-x
published as Phys. Lett. A 266, 67 (2000) · 8 pages, 5 figures, 1 table. submitted to Phys. Lett. A. Suggestions and criticism are welcome
arxiv created 1999/11/11 · openalex publication_date 2000/02/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Dynamics of a fluxon in a stack of inductively coupled long Josephson junctions is studied analytically and numerically. We demonstrate that the fluxon has a maximum velocity, which does not necessarily coincide with any of the characteristic Josephson plasma wave velocities. The maximum fluxon velocity is found by means of numerical simulations of the quasi-infinite system. Using the variational approximation, we propose a simple analytical formula for the dependence of the fluxon's maximum velocity on the coupling constant and on the distribution of critical currents in different layers. This analysis yields rather precise results in the limit of small dissipation. The simulations also show that nonzero dissipation additionally stabilizes the fluxon.