Superconducting Vortex Avalanches Export

@article{citeulike:1953811, abstract = {We monitor the dynamics of superconducting vortices in the Bean state, as the system is driven to the threshold of instability by the slow ramping of an external field. Individual avalanches, containing as few as 50 vortices, are detected in real time. Thus our experiment is the superconducting analog of monitoring the granular avalanches produced by slowly dropping sand on a sandpile. The observed distribution of vortex avalanche sizes shows a power-law behavior over two decades, proving that the vortex dynamics in the Bean state is characterized by avalanches of many length scales.}, author = {Field, S. and Witt, J. and Nori, F. and Ling, X.}, citeulike-article-id = {1953811}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.1206}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1995PhRvL..74.1206F}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v74/i7/p1206_1}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/PRL/v74/i7/p1206_1}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.1206}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {avalanche, glitch, superconductor}, month = {February}, pages = {1206--1209}, posted-at = {2007-11-21 19:22:28}, priority = {3}, title = {Superconducting Vortex Avalanches}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.1206}, volume = {74}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1953811 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1953811 N2 - We monitor the dynamics of superconducting vortices in the Bean state, as the system is driven to the threshold of instability by the slow ramping of an external field. Individual avalanches, containing as few as 50 vortices, are detected in real time. Thus our experiment is the superconducting analog of monitoring the granular avalanches produced by slowly dropping sand on a sandpile. The observed distribution of vortex avalanche sizes shows a power-law behavior over two decades, proving that the vortex dynamics in the Bean state is characterized by avalanches of many length scales. JF - Physical Review Letters EP - 1209 TI - Superconducting Vortex Avalanches VL - 74 SP - 1206 KW - avalanche KW - glitch KW - superconductor AU - Field, S AU - Witt, J AU - Nori, F AU - Ling, X PY - 1995/February// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.1206 ER -