Persistence of superconductivity in thin shells beyond H_c₁

DOI10.1142/S0219199715500479zbMATH Open1358.35177arXiv1411.1078MaRDI QIDQ2809259FDOQ2809259

Authors: Andres Contreras, Xavier Lamy 

Publication date: 27 May 2016

Published in: Communications in Contemporary Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In Ginzburg-Landau theory, a strong magnetic field is responsible for the breakdown of superconductivity. This work is concerned with the identification of the region where superconductivity persists, in a thin shell superconductor modeled by a compact surface $mathcalMsubsetmathbb{R}^3$, as the intensity $h$ of the external magnetic field is raised above $H_{c1}$. Using a mean field reduction approach devised by Sandier and Serfaty as the Ginzburg-Landau parameter $kappa$ goes to infinity, we are led to studying a two-sided obstacle problem. We show that superconductivity survives in a neighborhood of size $(H_{c1}/h{)}^{1/3}$ of the zero locus of the normal component $H$ of the field. We also describe intermediate regimes, focusing first on a symmetric model problem. In the general case, we prove that a striking phenomenon we call freezing of the boundary takes place: one component of the superconductivity region is insensitive to small changes in the field.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.1078

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zbMATH Keywords

Ginzburg-Landautwo-sided obstacle problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ginzburg-Landau equations (35Q56) Free boundary problems for PDEs (35R35)

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