diff --git a/lec4-vortexlattice.png b/lec4-vortexlattice.png new file mode 100755 index 0000000..b8d3834 Binary files /dev/null and b/lec4-vortexlattice.png differ diff --git a/superconductivity_assignment3_kvkempen.tex b/superconductivity_assignment3_kvkempen.tex index f8546b3..f40baca 100755 --- a/superconductivity_assignment3_kvkempen.tex +++ b/superconductivity_assignment3_kvkempen.tex @@ -71,6 +71,35 @@ The average field inside the cylinder is given by the following self-consisting Plugging in the values for \ce{Nb3Sn}, $B_E = \SI{1}{\tesla}$, and $\phi_0 = \SI{2.0678}{\weber}$, $B$ is found as $B = \SI{.986}{\tesla} \approx B_E$ by intersection. %https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=B+%3D+1+-+%282.0678*10%5E-15%29%2F%288*pi*%28124*10%5E-9%29%5E2%29+*+ln%282.0678*10%5E-15%2F%284*exp%281%29*%283.65*10%5E-9%29%5E2+*+B%29%29 +To investigate the inhomogenity of the field inside the cylinder, we look at the gradient $\nabla B$ inside the material. +As we assume a vortex lattice that fully fills the cross section of the cylinder, +and we assume that the fields due to each vortex die out quickly enough to not overlap, +it suffices to calculate the gradient over just one vortex. +These assumptions coincide with slide 15 of lecture 4, from which I took figure \ref{fig:lec4-vortexlattice} + +\begin{figure}[H] + \centering + \label{fig:lec4-vortexlattice} + \includegraphics[width=.4\textwidth]{lec4-vortexlattice.png} + \caption{The vortices are arranged in a lattice to maximize their distance, as this lowers their repulsive interaction and thus the energy.} +\end{figure} + +On slide 19 from the same week, we find an expression $B(r)$ for the field at distance $r$ from the vortex core as +\[ + B = \frac{\phi_0}{2\pi\lambda^2} K_0(r/\lambda) = B_0 K_0(r/\lambda), +\] +where $K_0$ is the modified Bessel function of the second kind. +For small $r$ (i.e. $r << \lambda$), we can approximate this and find that +\[ + K_0 \propto - \ln{(r/\lambda)}, +\] +and notice a singularity at $r = 0$. +For the gradient we thus find +\[ + \nabla B \propto \pfrac{K_0}{r}(r/\lambda) \propto \pfrac{-\ln{(r/\lambda)}}{r} = -1/r. +\] +The size of the supercurrent density has the same relation, $J_S \propto 1/r$. + \section{Superconducting wire} \section{Fine type-II superconducting wire}