Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2009-09-11
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
17 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
The glassy dynamics is a consequence of the elastic properties of the vortex matter, and in principle may occur in any superconductor. However, whereas a large amount of experimental evidence confirms glassiness in high Tc superconductors (HTS), the applicability of the whole framework developed to describe vortex matter in HTS to other superconducting materials is unclear. In this framework, the particular creep behavior of MgB2, larger than creep of conventional superconductor materials but much lower than HTS one, had precluded a complete understanding of the vortex regimes in this material. In this work we present an experimental study of relaxation processes of pure MgB2 bulk samples measured by DC magnetization technique. We propose a novel self-consistent scaling method to analyze the data and extract the activation energies. The observed experimental behavior can be described in a glassy picture, with a unique critical exponent &mu~1, characteristic of collective creep in the intermediate vortex bundle regime.
Civale Leonardo
Moreno Agustin
Pasquini Gabriela
Serquis A.
Serrano G.
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