diff --git a/cylinder-vortex-state.png b/cylinder-vortex-state.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..625b8c4 Binary files /dev/null and b/cylinder-vortex-state.png differ diff --git a/superconductivity_assignment2_kvkempen.tex b/superconductivity_assignment2_kvkempen.tex index cf53ab8..9df18cd 100755 --- a/superconductivity_assignment2_kvkempen.tex +++ b/superconductivity_assignment2_kvkempen.tex @@ -207,6 +207,19 @@ I might reread it some times. \end{em} \section{Currents inside type-II superconducting cylinder} +For $B_{c1} < B_E < B_{c2}$, the cylinder of type-II superconductor material is in the mixed state. +In the mixed or vortex state, superconductors let through a number of finite flux quanta $\Phi_0$. +Some small regions of the material are not superconducting, but in the normal state. +Flux passes through these regions in multiples of $\Phi_0$, but usually just one $\Phi_0$ per region, +and a supercurrent is generated to expel the field from the rest of the material. +This supercurrent moves around these region in a vortex-like shape. + +Please see the figure below for a beautiful drawing. + +\begin{figure} + \centering + \includegraphics[width=.8\textwidth]{cylinder-vortex-state.png} +\end{figure} \bibliographystyle{vancouver} \bibliography{references.bib}