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Vortex motion in superconductors of high-Tc superconducting maglev system is studied by a computational simulation. The vortex system is treated in a similar fashion, as a system where defects are arranged in periodic arrays and driven by an alternating current (AC) field. Computational simulation reveals that due to the high nonlinearity of the vortex-defect interaction, the system shows typical chaotic characters. Effects of the vortex-vortex coupling, the driving frequency, and the vortex viscosity on the vortex motion have been studied to reveal the interaction between the spatial and temporal chaos. It is found that the mean-field approach is a good approximation to describe the vortex motion in one dimensional vortex system under an AC driving field. The vortex motion under the damping mode is a kind of self-organized motion. Lastly, the spatial chaos can dominate the chaotic behavior of the system.
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Lin, H.T. Chaotic movement of vortices in superconductors of high-Tc superconducting maglev system at a high speed. J. Mod. Transport. 20, 70–75 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03325780
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