Magnetothermal instabilities in type II superconductors: The influence of magnetic irreversibility

Complete magnetization and magnetostriction loops for type II superconductors were calculated in terms of the following pinned critical state models which incorporate the flux jump instability criterion: the Kim–Anderson model, the exponential model, the linear model, and the model with peak effect. These results were used for constructing magnetic field–temperature (H–T) diagrams of instability of these critical state models. Magnetothermal instabilities of superconductors with peak effect were investigated experimentally and theoretically. Regions in the H–T diagram where flux jumps occur were built and compared with experimental M(H) hysteresis loops. We have explained the phenomenon of “island” jumps. The influence of flux trapping on the flux jump regions of magnetic fields was studied.

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