ANISOTROPIC SHIFT OF THE IRREVERSIBILITY LINE BY NEUTRON-IRRADIATION

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SAUERZOPF, FM [1 ]
WIESINGER, HP [1 ]
WEBER, HW [1 ]
CRABTREE, GW [1 ]
FRISCHHERZ, MC [1 ]
KIRK, MA [1 ]
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[1] ARGONNE NATL LAB, DIV MAT SCI, ARGONNE, IL 60439 USA
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10.1088/0953-2048/5/1S/019
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The irreversibility line of high-T(c) superconductors is shifted considerably by irradiating the material with fast neutrons. The anisotropic and non-monotonous shift is qualitatively explained by a simple model based on an interaction between three pinning mechanisms, the intrinsic pinning by the ab-planes, the weak pinning by the pre-irradiation defect structure, and strong pinning by neutron induced defect cascades. A correlation between the cascade density and the position of the irreversibility line is observed.
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