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Energy Dissipation Mechanisms in Polycrystalline Superconductor Y3Ba5Cu8O y

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The magnet-resistivity measurements of the Y-based Y3Ba5Cu8O18−x superconductor under different magnetic fields ranging from 0 to 200 mT have been carried out to understand the dissipation mechanisms in the resistive transition. Samples were synthesized in air by solid-state reaction method. Three models are employed to investigate the broadening of the resistive transition. The Ambegaokar–Halperin phase slip (AH), thermally activated flux creep (TAFC) models for granular superconductors, and Kosterlitz–Thouless (KT) model describing the vortex–antivortex unbinding for 2D. Phase analysis by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and morphology examination by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were carried out. The AH and TAFC models cannot explain the whole of the broadening of resistive transition; a small temperature range is not described by these two models. Furthermore, our experimental data shows a good agreement with the KT model over the entire transition range justifying the picture of vortex–antivortex unbinding.

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  1. Laboratory of Physics of Materials - Structures and Properties, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage, 7021, Zarzouna, Tunisia

    Y. Slimani, E. Hannachi, A. Hamrita, M. K. Ben Salem, M. Zouaoui, M. Ben Salem & F. Ben Azzouz

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Slimani, Y., Hannachi, E., Hamrita, A. et al. Energy Dissipation Mechanisms in Polycrystalline Superconductor Y3Ba5Cu8O y . J Supercond Nov Magn 28, 487–492 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-014-2745-3

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