MOTION OF VORTICES IN TYPE-II SUPERCONDUCTORS

The methods of formal asymptotics are used to examine the behaviour of a system of curvilinear vortices in a type II superconductor as the thickness of the vortex cores tends to zero. The vortices then appear as singularities in the field equation and are analogous to line vortices in inviscid hydro...

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Main Authors: Chapman, S, Richardson, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1995
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Summary:The methods of formal asymptotics are used to examine the behaviour of a system of curvilinear vortices in a type II superconductor as the thickness of the vortex cores tends to zero. The vortices then appear as singularities in the field equation and are analogous to line vortices in inviscid hydrodynamics. A local analysis near each vortex core gives an equation of motion governing the evolution of these singularities.