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The upper field of the Meissner regime, H up, and overheat field H′c1, above which vortices start penetrating into a Josephson contact, are calculated throughout the range of pinning parameter I. The stability of likely configurations is investigated. It is shown that H up = H′c1 at any I. The existence of a single vortex centered at the extreme cell in the contact is demonstrated to be a possibility. At I > 3.69, such a vortex may exist even in a zero magnetic field. At 1.48 < I < 3.69, this vortex can exist in an external field in the range from some H v to H up. At I < 1.48, the vortex cannot exist under any conditions. From the equality of H up and H′c1 at any I, the conclusion is drawn that penetration of vortices into any Josephson medium is conditioned by the need to satisfy flux quantization conditions. Here, not the forces of vortex pinning at defects in the medium but quantization requirements are of major importance, which are satisfied in specific quantum ways rather than by meeting equilibrium conditions for vortices, forces, etc.
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Original Russian Text © M.A. Zelikman, 2007, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2007, Vol. 77, No. 10, pp. 68–74.
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Zelikman, M.A. Pinning of vortices and penetration of the magnetic field into a periodically modulated long Josephson contact. Tech. Phys. 52, 1316–1321 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784207100106
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