Article
Paramagnetic Meissner Effect in Nb Disks
Physica C: Superconductivity
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2000
Disciplines
Abstract
Further details of the zero-field-cooled-magnetization and field-cooled-magnetization results on Nb disks exhibiting the paramagnetic Meissner effect (PME) are described. These studies indicate that two well-defined temperatures can be associated with features in the magnetization results. The higher characteristic temperature Tu is correlated with appearance of the paramagnetic moment and is strongly dependent upon the process used in forming the disk-shaped geometry of these Nb samples. The lower temperature Tp is associated with the “intrinsic coupling” of the interior Nb platelets. These latest results are shown to be consistent with the flux compression model for the appearance of the PME.
DOI
10.1016/S0921-4534(00)00991-6
Version
Postprint
Publisher's Statement
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Physica C: Superconductivity. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Physica C: Superconductivity, 341, 3, November 2000 DOI#10.1016/S0921-4534(00)00991-6
Citation Information
Petru S. Fodor and Lowell E. Wenger. "Paramagnetic Meissner Effect in Nb Disks" Physica C: Superconductivity Vol. 341 Iss. 3 (2000) p. 2043 - 2044 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/petru_fodor/27/