The behavior of vortex matter in high-temperature superconductors (HTS) controls the entire
electromagnetic response of the material, including its current carrying capacity. Here, we …

The authors present a review of recent muon spin rotation (μSR) studies of the vortex state in
type-II superconductors. There are significant gaps in our understanding of this unusual …

In the past few years magneto-optical flux imaging (MOI) has come to take an increasing role
in the investigation and understanding of critical current densities in high-T c …

A review is given on the theory of vortex-glass phases in impure type-II superconductors in
an external field. We begin with a brief discussion of the effects of thermal fluctuations on the …

Thermodynamics of type II superconductors in electromagnetic field based on the Ginzburg-
Landau theory is presented. The Abrikosov flux lattice solution is derived using an …

THE magnetic vortex lattice of copper oxide superconductors in the mixed (field-penetrated)
state'liquefies'1, 2 on increasing the temperature T or the external magnetic field H, giving …

Current densities js and volume pinning forces F p are obtained in a wide temperature (5<~
T<~ 92 K) and field range (0<~ μ 0 H a<~ 9 T) on different NdBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ samples …

The vortex-matter in superconductors is generally believed to exist in two main phases,
vortex-solid and vortex-liquid. Recent investigations of the phase diagram of anisotropic …

Strong evidence for high intergranular critical current densities and large bulk magnetic flux
pinning in superconducting polycrystalline MgB 2 has been observed. The presence of …

T he discovery of high‐temperature superconductors has stimulated dramatic growth in our
understanding of the physics of quantized vortex lines. These superconductors exclude …