Multi-Steps Magnetic Flux Entrance/Exit at Thermomagnetic Avalanches in the Plates of Hard Superconductors.

Viktor Chabanenko,Adam Nabiałek,Roman Puźniak

doi:10.3390/ma15062037

Abstract

Avalanche cascades of magnetic flux have been detected at thermomagnetic instability of the critical state in the plates of Nb-Ti alloy. It was found that, the magnetic flux Φ enters conventional superconductor in screening regime and leaves in trapping regime in the form of a multistage “stairways”, with the structure dependent on the magnetic field strength and magnetic history, with approximately equal successive portions ΔΦ in temporal Φ(t) dependence, and with the width depending almost linearly on the plate thickness. The steady generation of cascades was observed for the full remagnetization cycle in the field of 2–4 T. The structure of inductive signal becomes complex already in the field of 0–2 T and it was shown, on the base of Fourier analysis, that, the avalanche flux dynamic produces, in this field range, multiple harmonics of the electric field. The physical reason of complex spectrum of the low-field avalanche dynamics can be associated with rough structure of moving flux front and with inhomogeneous relief of induction. It was established that the initiation of cascades occurs mainly in the central part of the lateral surface. The mechanism of cascades generation seems to be connected to the “resonator’s properties” of the plates.

Highlights

Academic Editors: Sophie Tingry, Magnetic properties of hard type-II superconductors are usually described in the frames of Bean critical state model [1,2]
The superconductor volume is screened by a current of the critical density, jc
Small fluctuation of an external magnetic field, temperature, or tiny magnetization fluctuations in superconductor may lead to appearance of a catastrophic thermo-magnetic avalanche [6,7]

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Academic Editors: Sophie Tingry, Magnetic properties of hard type-II superconductors are usually described in the frames of Bean critical state model [1,2]. In this model, the superconductor volume is screened by a current of the critical density, jc. In increasing external magnetic field, magnetic flux enters into the superconductor’s volume as a series of tiny flux jumps of different scales [3]. These jumps allow to relax the critical state and were studied experimentally [4,5]. Magnetic flux jumps and accompanying heat release are the phenomena commonly observed both in conventional and in high temperature superconductors [8]

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