Abstract
We have measured the local distribution of the magnetic field component H/sub x/(x) perpendicular to the plane of (Bi,Pb)-2223/Ag tape conductors carrying transport currents at T=77 K using scanning Hall probe magnetometry. The sheet current density distribution J/sub y/(x) across the tape width was determined via a magnetic inversion scheme based on a Fourier transform/spatial filtering method. With increasing current, dramatic changes in J/sub y/(x) clearly define a characteristic current I* which marks the onset of homogeneous distribution of additional current over the entire cross section of the superconductor and corresponds to the intrinsic critical current in the context of the critical state model. The behaviour of a single-filament tape with a slowly varying ac transport current flowing in it is found to follow closely the predictions of the critical state model. For multifilament tapes, magnetic coupling between neighboring filaments results in a current distribution corresponding to an effective large individual filament.
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