Flux front penetration in disordered superconductors
arXiv:cond-mat/0102461 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3622
Abstract
We investigate flux front penetration in a disordered type II superconductor by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of interacting vortices and find scaling laws for the front position and the density profile. The scaling can be understood performing a coarse graining of the system and writing a disordered non-linear diffusion equation. Integrating numerically the equation, we observe a crossover from flat to fractal front penetration as the system parameters are varied. The value of the fractal dimension indicates that the invasion process is described by gradient percolation.
5 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett
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