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Vortex Plastic Motion in Twinned Superconductors

J. Groth, C. Reichhardt, C. J. Olson, Stuart Field, Franco Nori

cond-mat.mtrl-sciarXiv:cond-mat/9607182

Abstract

We present simulations, without electrodynamical assumptions, of B(x,y,H(t)), M(H(t)), and Jc(H(t)), in hard superconductors, for a variety of twin-boundary pinning potential parameters, and for a range of values of the density and strength of the pinning sites. We numerically solve the overdamped equations of motion of up to 104 flux-gradient-driven vortices which can be temporarily trapped at 106 pinning centers. These simulations relate macroscopic measurements (e.g., M(H), ``flame'' shaped B(x,y) profiles) with the underlying microscopic pinning landscape and the plastic dynamics of individual vortices.

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