Speaker
Michael Eisterer
Description
The results of two decades of neutron irradiation experiments on high temperature superconducting tapes (coated conductors) will be summarized. The change of the critical current is determined by a competition of improved pinning by the introduction of nanometre sized defects and a reduction of superfluid density by pair-breaking scattering on point-like defects. The latter is directly evidenced by the reduction of the transition temperature and leads to a universal degradation not depending on the particular tape or the type of radiation.
Authors
Alexander Bodenseher
(TU Wien)
Michael Eisterer
Co-author
Raphael Unterrainer
(Tu Wien)
