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Published May 1, 1995 | Published
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Anomalous flux pinning in a torus of thoriated UBe_(13)

Abstract

We compare the local magnetization at a spatial singularity of superconducting U_(0.97)Th_(0.03)Be_(13) for different magnetic field histories. We find a reduction in the zero-field-cooled vortex flow relative to the field-cooled case, marked by a sharp onset coincident in temperature with the second (lower-temperature) transition in the specific heat. This effect is peculiar to the flux threading the hole of the torus, to (U,Th)Be_(13) samples with multiple superconducting transitions, and to the lower superconducting state with broken time-reversal invariance.

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© 1995 The American Physical Society. Received 13 February 1995. We are grateful to H. M. Jaeger for the use of his photolithographic facilities. The work at the University of Chicago was supported by NSF DMR92-04820. The work at the University of Florida was supported by DOE DE-FG05-86ER45268.

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