Determination of an onset of superconducting diamagnetism by scaling of the normal-state magnetization

Abstract

We propose a simple scaling procedure for the normal-state magnetization Mn data collected as functions of temperature T in different magnetic fields H. As a result, the Mn(T) curves collected in different fields collapse on to a single Msc(T) line. In this representation, the onset of superconducting diamagnetism manifests itself by a sharp divergence of the Msc(T) curves for different H values. As will be demonstrated, this allows for a reliable determination of temperature Tonset, at which superconducting diamagnetism become observable.