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The Bean Critical State: Infinitely Unstable

Steven Spencer, Henrik Jeldoft Jensen

supr-conarXiv:supr-con/9508004

Abstract

The threshold for creep in the Bean critical state is investigated. We perturb the Bean state by an energy Δε. We find that no matter how small Δε is it will always be able to induce creep somewhere on the Bean profile. This finding has important consequences for the interpretation of low temperature creep phenomena in terms of quantum creep.

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