Unconventional strong pinning in the low temperature phase of U_.9725Th_.0275Be_13

Details Unconventional strong pinning in the low temperature phase of U_.9725Th_.0275Be_13 Unconventional strong pinning in the low temperature phase of U_.9725Th_.0275Be_13

2000-01-13

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0001182v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

2 pages, 2 figures, accepted in PhysicaB, LT22

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0921-4526(99)02124-9

We investigated low field vortex dynamics in a single crystal of U_.9725Th_.0275Be_13. We found a sharp transition in the vortex creep rate at the lower transition temperature T_c2, coincident with the second jump in the specific heat. In the high-temperature phase, rather strong creep rates are observed. In the low temperature phase, the rates drop to undetectabely low levels. This behaviour indicates that a very strong pinning mechanism is present in the low temperature phase of U_.9725Th_.0275Be_13, which could be explained by the existence of domain walls, separating discreetly degenerate states of a superconductor, that can sustain fractional vortices and thus act as very strong pinning centers.

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