Abstract
A new dissipation behavior is reported in superconducting for all temperatures below and all magnetic fields exceeding . The current-independent electrical resistivity is thermally activated and can be described by an Arrhenius law with a single prefactor and a magnetic-field- and orientation-dependent activation energy . This behavior is markedly different from past observations and will be discussed in terms of flux creep and flux flow. This thermally activated behavior implies a finite resistance at all temperatures and all fields exceeding determined by the activation energy as the only parameter.
- Received 27 July 1988
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.1662
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