TY - JOUR
T1 - Kinetics of the superconducting transition
AU - Liu, Fong
AU - Mondello, M.
AU - Goldenfeld, Nigel
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - We study the time evolution of a superconductor, following a quench from the normal state, in two dimensions. For a type-I superconductor, quenched into a region where the normal state is metastable, the normal-superconductor phase boundary exhibits a dynamical instability similar to, but not identical with, that observed in solidification. In the case of a quench into the Meissner phase of a type-II superconductor, the average vortex spacing d as a function of time t is found to exhibit a crossover from dt1/2 to dlnt, the crossover time being an increasing function of the Ginzubrg-Landau parameter.
AB - We study the time evolution of a superconductor, following a quench from the normal state, in two dimensions. For a type-I superconductor, quenched into a region where the normal state is metastable, the normal-superconductor phase boundary exhibits a dynamical instability similar to, but not identical with, that observed in solidification. In the case of a quench into the Meissner phase of a type-II superconductor, the average vortex spacing d as a function of time t is found to exhibit a crossover from dt1/2 to dlnt, the crossover time being an increasing function of the Ginzubrg-Landau parameter.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.3071
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.3071
M3 - Article
C2 - 10043691
AN - SCOPUS:0001456959
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 66
SP - 3071
EP - 3074
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 23
ER -