Numerical bifurcation study of superconducting patterns on a square

DOI10.1137/100807132MaRDI QIDQ5388667zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nico Schlömer, D. Avitabile, Wim Vanroose

Publication date 19 April 2012

Published in SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.1212

zbMATH Keywords

Ginzburg-Landau systemhigh-temperature superconductorsNewton iterationsregularizationsymmetry-breaking bifurcationsvortices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ginzburg-Landau equations (35Q56) Ill-posedness and regularization problems in numerical linear algebra (65F22) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55)

Abstract: This paper considers the extreme type-II Ginzburg-Landau equations that model vortex patterns in superconductors. The nonlinear PDEs are solved using Newton's method, and properties of the Jacobian operator are highlighted. Specifically, it is illustrated how the operator can be regularized using an appropriate phase condition. For a two-dimensional square sample, the numerical results are based on a finite-difference discretization with link variables that preserves the gauge invariance. For two exemplary sample sizes, a thorough bifurcation analysis is performed using the strength of the applied magnetic field as a bifurcation parameter and focusing on the symmetries of this system. The analysis gives new insight in the transitions between stable and unstable states, as well as the connections between stable solution branches.

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