Flux-cutting and flux-transport effects in type-II superconductor slabs in a parallel rotating magnetic field

摘要

The magnetic response of irreversible type-II superconductor slabs subjected to in-plane rotating magnetic field is investigated by applying the circular, elliptic, extended-elliptic, and rectangular flux-line-cutting critical-state models. Specifically, the models have been applied to explain experiments on a PbBi rotating disk in a fixed magnetic field H_a, parallel to the flat surfaces. Here, we have exploited the equivalency of the experimental situation with that of a fixed disk under the action of a parallel magnetic field, rotating in the opposite sense. The effect of both the magnitude H_a of the applied magnetic field and its angle of rotation α_s upon the magnetization of the superconductor sample is analyzed. When H_a is smaller than the penetration field H_P, the magnetization components, parallel and perpendicular to H_a, oscillate with increasing the rotation angle. On the other hand, if the magnitude of the applied field, H_a, is larger than H_P, both magnetization components become constant functions of α_s at large rotation angles. The evolution of the magnetic induction profiles inside the superconductor is also studied.