Computational simulation of vortex phenomena in superconductors

Authors :: John W. Neuberger
Robert J. Renka
Source :: Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Vol Conference, Iss 10, Pp 241-250 (2003)
Publication Year :: 2003
Publisher :: Texas State University, 2003.
Abstract: We have developed a numerical method for approximating critical points of the Ginzburg-Landau functional. We briefly describe the capabilities of our codes and present some test results for the two-dimensional case in the form of plots of electron densities and magnetic fields. Our results demonstrate that vortices can be pinned to small holes corresponding to normal (non-superconducting) regions.