We show that the second magnetization peak(SMP),i.e.,an increase in the magnetization hysteresis loop width in type-11 superconductors,vanishes for samples smaller than a critical size,We argue that the SMP is not rel...We show that the second magnetization peak(SMP),i.e.,an increase in the magnetization hysteresis loop width in type-11 superconductors,vanishes for samples smaller than a critical size,We argue that the SMP is not related to the critical current enhancement but can be well explainde within a frameword of the thermomagenetic flux-jump in stability theory,where flux jumps reduce the absolute irreversible magnetization relative to the isothermal critical state value at low enough magnetic fields.The recovering of the isothermal critical sate with increasing field leads to the SMP.The low-field SMP takes place in both low-T.conventional and high*t.unconventional superconductors.Our results show that the rsstoration of the isothermal critical state is rsponsible for the SMP occurrence in both cases.展开更多
文摘We show that the second magnetization peak(SMP),i.e.,an increase in the magnetization hysteresis loop width in type-11 superconductors,vanishes for samples smaller than a critical size,We argue that the SMP is not related to the critical current enhancement but can be well explainde within a frameword of the thermomagenetic flux-jump in stability theory,where flux jumps reduce the absolute irreversible magnetization relative to the isothermal critical state value at low enough magnetic fields.The recovering of the isothermal critical sate with increasing field leads to the SMP.The low-field SMP takes place in both low-T.conventional and high*t.unconventional superconductors.Our results show that the rsstoration of the isothermal critical state is rsponsible for the SMP occurrence in both cases.