On the solutions of the one-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau equations for superconductivity

DOI10.1016/S0167-2789(99)00026-3MaRDI QIDQ1809400zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 10 February 2000

Published in Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9902261

number, symmetry and stability one-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau equations solutions

Special ordinary differential equations (Mathieu, Hill, Bessel, etc.) (34B30) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55)

Abstract: This paper gives a complete description of the solutions of the one dimensional Ginzburg-Landau equations which model superconductivity phenomena in infinite slabs. We investigate this problem over the entire range of physically important parameters:

a

the size of the slab,

k a p p a

the Ginzburg-Landau parameter, and

h_{0}

, the exterior magnetic field. We do extensive numerical computations using the software AUTO, and determine the number, symmetry and stability of solutions for all values of the parameters. In particular, our experiments reveal the existence of two key-points in parameter space which play a central role in the formation of the complicated patterns by means of bifurcation phenomena. Our global description also allows us to separate the various physically important regimes, to classify previous results in each regime according to the values of the parameters and to derive new open problems. In addition, our investigation provides new insight into the problem of differentiating between the types of superconductors in terms of the parameters.

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The authors consider the one-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau equations: \[ \begin{alignedat}{2} & (1/\kappa^2)f= f(f^2+ q^2- 1)\quad &&\text{in }(-a,a),\\ & f'(\pm a)= 0,\\ & q= qf^2\quad &&\text{in }(-a,a),\\ & q'(\pm a)= h_0,\end{alignedat} \] with the aim of giving a complete description of the solutions with \(f>0\) on \([-a,a]\), according to the values of the parameters \(a\), \(k\) and \(h\). Extensive numerical computations using the software AUTO allow to determine the number, symmetry and stability of solutions for all values of the parameters. The existence of two basic key-points in parameter space is shown, various physically important regimes are separated, and new open problems are derived.

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