Paramagnetic meissner effect and strong time dependence at high fields in melt-textured high-Tc superconductors

In this work we report on systematic field-cooled magnetization experiments in melt-textured YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 − δ samples containing Y211 precipitates. Magnetic fields up to 14 T were applied either parallel or perpendicular to the ab planes and a strong paramagnetic response related to the supercondu...

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Autores: Gouvêa, C.P., Dias, Fabio Teixeira, Vieira, V.N., da Silva, Douglas Langie, Schaf, Jacob, Wolff-Fabris, F., Roa Rovira, Joan Josep|||0000-0002-7440-0766
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/19762
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/19762
https://dx.doi.org/10.3938/jkps.62.1414
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:High temperature superconductors
Melt-textured YBaCuO
Paramagnetic Meissner effect
Time dependence
Superconductors d'alta temperatura
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials
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Sumario:In this work we report on systematic field-cooled magnetization experiments in melt-textured YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 − δ samples containing Y211 precipitates. Magnetic fields up to 14 T were applied either parallel or perpendicular to the ab planes and a strong paramagnetic response related to the superconducting state was observed. This effect is known as paramagnetic Meissner effect (PME). The magnitude of the PME increases when the field is augmented. This effect shows a strong paramagnetic relaxation, such that the paramagnetic moment increases as a function of the time. The pinning by the Y211 particles plays a crucial role in the explanation of this effect and our results suggest that the pinning capacity can produce a strong flux compression into the sample, originating the PME and the strong time dependence