Weak to Strong Pinning Crossover

2003/12/08 by G. Blatter, V. B. Geshkenbeǐn, V. B. Geshkenbein +1 · 5 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Condensed Matter Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #cond-mat.dis-nn #cond-mat.supr-con

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.92.067009

4 pages, 2 figures

arxiv created 2003/12/08 · openalex publication_date 2004/02/13 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Material defects in hard type II superconductors pin the flux lines and thus establish the dissipation-free current transport in the presence of a finite magnetic field. Depending on the density and pinning force of the defects and the vortex density, pinning is either weak collective or strong. We analyze the weak to strong pinning crossover of vortex matter in disordered superconductors and discuss the peak effect appearing naturally in this context.

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