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Rigid vortices in MgB2

Hao Jin, Hai-Hu Wen, Hai-Peng Yang, Zhi-Yong Liu, Zhi-An Ren, Guang-Can Che, Zhong-Xian Zhao

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/0303446

Abstract

Magnetic relaxation of high-pressure synthesized MgB2 bulks with different thickness is investigated. It is found that the superconducting dia-magnetic moment depends on time in a logarithmic way; the flux-creep activation energy decreases linearly with the current density (as expected by Kim-Anderson model); and the activation energy increases linearly with the thickness of sample when it is thinner than about 1 mm. These features suggest that the vortices in the MgB2 are rather rigid, and the pinning and creep can be well described by Kim-Anderson model.

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