Upper Critical Field and Irreversibility Line Determined by Transport Measurement of the New Superconductor MgB_(2)

Resistive transitions of the new superconductor MgB_(2) are carried out under magnetic fields from 0 to 8 T.It is found that the irreversibility field Hirr(T)and the upper critical field Hc2(T)obtained are very close to those determined in the magnetic measurement.By using the Arrhenius activation lawρ=ρ0exp(-U/kBT),the activation barrier U has been determined by the low dissipation part of R(T)curves.It is found that U■kBT manifests a very weak thermal activation and thermal fluctuation effect.This may further indicate that the flux dynamics near Hirr(T)is induced by strong quantum fluctuation and tunneling of vortices.