Vortex motion in type-II superconductors probed by muon spin rotation and small angle neutron scattering

Demetris Charalambous, Paul Kealey, Edward Forgan, Tanya Riseman, Martin Long, C Goupil, R Khasanov, David Fort

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Abstract

We report muon spin rotation (muSR) measurements on the moving vortex lattice (VL) in the type-II superconductor Pb-In, backed up by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) observations on the same sample. We observe a motional narrowing of the muSR lineshape p(B) and by SANS, alignment of the VL to the direction of vortex motion. We have calculated the muSR lineshape expected with a range of orientations of the moving VL. We demonstrate how the new muSR results give information on the moving VL which is complementary and consistent with the SANS data.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)054506 (4 pg)
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume66
Early online date1 Aug 2002
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2002

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