Evidence for Transition Temperature Fluctuation Induced Pinning im MgB$_2$ Superconductor
2001
The magnetic field dependent critical current density $j_c(B)$ of a MgB$_2$ bulk sample has been obtained by means of magnetization hysteresis measurements. The $j_c(B)$ curves at different temperatures demonstrate a crossover from single vortex pinning to small-bundle vortex pinning, when the field is larger than the crossover field $B_{sb}$. The temperature dependence of the crossover field $B_{sb}(T)$ is in agreement with a model of randomly distributed weak pinning centers via the spatial fluctuations of the transition temperature ($\delta T_c$-pinning), while pinning due to the mean free path fluctuations ($\delta l$-pinning) is not observed.
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