Hydrodynamic Instability of the Flux-antiflux Interface in Type-II Superconductors
arXiv:cond-mat/0103058 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.247005
Abstract
The macroturbulence instability observed in fluxline systems during remagnetization of superconductors is explained. It is shown that when a region with flux is invaded by antiflux the interface can become unstable if there is a relative tangential flux motion. This condition occurs at the interface when the viscosity is anisotropic, e.g., due to flux guiding by twin boundaries in crystals. The phenomenon is similar to the instability of the tangential discontinuity in classical hydrodynamics. The obtained results are supported by magneto-optical observations of flux distribution on the surface of a YBCO single crystal with twins.
12 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Physical Review Letters
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