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Islands of (In-)stability in High Temperature Superconductors

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Dendritic flux penetration is a well known phenomenon in high temperature superconductors. We investigated the conditions under which this instability can be observed in different materials. We found three qualitatively different behaviors: dendrite development above a “critical field” and up to a certain temperature, above a “critical field” with no measurable temperature dependence, or no dendrite development at all.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstr. 10, 078457, Konstanz, Germany

    B. Biehler

  2. Department of Physics, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstr. 10, 078457, Konstanz, Germany

    B.-U. Runge

  3. Department of Physics, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstr. 10, 078457, Konstanz, Germany

    P. Leiderer

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Biehler, B., Runge, BU. & Leiderer, P. Islands of (In-)stability in High Temperature Superconductors. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 137, 117–123 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOLT.0000044238.22175.2d

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