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In the mixed state of layered superconductor, the antiferromagnetic order of magnetic ions can create the spin-flop domains along the phase cores of the Josephson vortices, and this property impact upon the creep rate in the antiferromagnetic superconductor. The activation of the creep at constant temperature can be either thermal or quantum, depending on the intensity, or direction of the applied magnetic field. It is also shown that the action, and hence the activation energy, is rendered temperature dependent, when the damping and inertial mass of the vortex are included, so that the quantum tunnelling rate becomes temperature dependent below the crossover temperature.
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Krzysztoń, T. Quantum creep in layered antiferromagnetic superconductor. Eur. Phys. J. B 86, 15 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2012-30859-5
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