Pinning-induced formation of vortex clusters and giant vortices in mesoscopic superconducting disks

W. Escoffier, I. V. Grigorieva, V. R. Misko +4

Multi-quanta, or giant, vortices (GVs) are known to appear in very small superconductors near the superconducting transition due to strong confinement of magnetic flux. Here we pre…