Abstract
The results of low-temperature magnetic-relaxation experiments in TlBaCaCuO superconductors (2212 and 2223 phase) are reported. They give evidence of a crossover from a thermally activated regime of flux motion to a nonthermally activated one. The magnetic-relaxation rate is found to become temperature independent below ≅7K and ≅3K, for the 2212 and 2223 phase, respectively. Its value compares well with that predicted by the theories of flux motion by quantum tunnelling.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1925-1932 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Il Nuovo Cimento D |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1994 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- 01.30.Cc
- 74.60.Ge
- 74.60.Jg
- Conference proceedings
- Critical currents
- Flux pinning
- flux motion
- fluxon-defect interactions
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy