Multiple magnetization peaks in weakly pinned Ca3Rh4Sn13 and YBa2Cu3O7-δ

Sarkar, S. ; Pal, D. ; Paulose, P. L. ; Ramakrishnan, S. ; Grover, A. K. ; Tomy, C. V. ; Dasgupta, D. ; Sarma, Bimal K. ; Balakrishnan, G. ; Paul, D. McK. (2001) Multiple magnetization peaks in weakly pinned Ca3Rh4Sn13 and YBa2Cu3O7-δ Physical Review B, 64 (14). 144510 -144515. ISSN 0163-1829

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Official URL: http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v64/i14/e144510

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.144510

Abstract

The second magnetization peak and the peak effect anomaly coexisting in a given isothermal magnetization hysteresis loop show striking similarities in Ca3Rh4Sn13, a low-Tc superconductor and YBa2Cu3O7-δ, a high-Tc superconductor. The observed variation of the hysteresis width with field could imply a modulation in the degree of the plastic deformation of the elastic vortex solid. The characteristics of the high-Tc cuprates, such as large Ginzburg number, short coherence length, decoupling of the Josephson coupled pancake vortices, etc., are unlikely to be the cause of the observed behavior.

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