Magnetothermal instabilities in type II superconductors

TL;DR

This paper analyzes the nature and origin of magnetothermal instabilities and flux jumps in type-II and high-$T_c$ superconductors, integrating recent theoretical and experimental insights.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive analysis of magnetothermal instabilities in superconductors, highlighting their mechanisms and recent advances in understanding.

Findings

Identification of key factors leading to flux jumps

Correlation between theoretical models and experimental data

Insights into the critical state stability in superconductors

Abstract

Magnetothermal instabilities are one of the peculiar phenomena of interest in conventional type-II, as well as in high-$T_c$ superconductors. In the present paper we attempt to analyze the nature and origin of the magnetothermal instabilities of the critical state and flux jumps phenomena in superconductors in the light of recent theoretical and experimental results.