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Hysteresis studies in Clarke solder-blob junctions

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A study of hysteresis in Clarke solder-blob junctions has been carried out in the temperature range 4.2–1.2 K. The temperature dependence of the critical current, the variation of the constant-temperature critical current with sequential sweep cycles, and the effects of an external field are studied. All the experimental results are explained as due to a net trapping of magnetic flux in the junction loop whenever a hysteretic curve is traced. The origin of the flux can be traced to the inductance of the superconducting loop and the electrical or geometrical asymmetry.

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    Madhu Prasad, V. S. Tomar, N. S. Natarajan, Hari Kishan & M. S. R. Chari

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Prasad, M., Tomar, V.S., Natarajan, N.S. et al. Hysteresis studies in Clarke solder-blob junctions. J Low Temp Phys 33, 521–543 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00115573

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