LOCAL MINIMIZERS FOR THE GINZBURG–LANDAU ENERGY NEAR CRITICAL MAGNETIC FIELD: PART II (Q4514923)

As in Part I [Commun. Contemp. Math. 1, No. 3, 295-333 (1999; Zbl 0944.49007)] the author studies here local minimizers of the Ginzburg-Landau energy functional (depending on \( \kappa \to + \infty)\) over some domain \( \Omega \) for superconductors in a prescribed magnetic field \( h_{ex} \). Assuming that the domain \( \Omega \) has the form of a disc the author finds and describes stable solutions of the associated equations and shows how vortices appear as \( h_{ex} \) is raised from the first critical field \( H_{c_1} \). He also studies the limit \( \kappa \to + \infty \) for \( h_{ex} = H_{c_1} \) and proves that the limiting magnetic field in the superconductor satisfies the London-type equation. In the paper some results presented in Part I are proved. The extensive appendix contains technical details concerning the proofs. Some open problems are posed.