{"id":1838,"date":"2017-12-12T16:07:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T16:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/strongcorrelations\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2018-03-15T11:55:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T11:55:45","slug":"can-topological-transitions-be-exploited-to-engineer-intrinsically-quench-resistant-wires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/strongcorrelations\/2017\/12\/12\/can-topological-transitions-be-exploited-to-engineer-intrinsically-quench-resistant-wires\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Topological Transitions be Exploited to Engineer Intrinsically Quench-resistant Wires?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/strongcorrelations\/2017\/12\/12\/can-topological-transitions-be-exploited-to-engineer-intrinsically-quench-resistant-wires\/&amp;t=Can Topological Transitions be Exploited to Engineer Intrinsically Quench-resistant Wires?' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Can Topological Transitions be Exploited to Engineer Intrinsically Quench-resistant Wires?%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/strongcorrelations\/2017\/12\/12\/can-topological-transitions-be-exploited-to-engineer-intrinsically-quench-resistant-wires\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/strongcorrelations\/2017\/12\/12\/can-topological-transitions-be-exploited-to-engineer-intrinsically-quench-resistant-wires\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/strongcorrelations\/2017\/12\/12\/can-topological-transitions-be-exploited-to-engineer-intrinsically-quench-resistant-wires\/&amp;title=Can Topological Transitions be Exploited to Engineer Intrinsically Quench-resistant Wires?' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/strongcorrelations\/2017\/12\/12\/can-topological-transitions-be-exploited-to-engineer-intrinsically-quench-resistant-wires\/&amp;title=Can Topological Transitions be Exploited to Engineer Intrinsically Quench-resistant Wires?' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/find\/cond-mat\/1\/au:+Whittlesea_P\/0\/1\/0\/all\/0\/1\">Philip Whittlesea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/find\/cond-mat\/1\/au:+Quintanilla_J\/0\/1\/0\/all\/0\/1\">Jorge Quintanilla<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/find\/cond-mat\/1\/au:+Annett_J\/0\/1\/0\/all\/0\/1\">James F. Annett<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/find\/cond-mat\/1\/au:+Hillier_A\/0\/1\/0\/all\/0\/1\">Adrian D. Hillier<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/find\/cond-mat\/1\/au:+Hooley_C\/0\/1\/0\/all\/0\/1\">Chris Hooley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Submitted on 7 Dec 2017 (<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1712.02771v1\">v1<\/a>), last revised 5 Jan 2018 (this version, v2))<\/p>\n<p>We investigate whether by synthesising superconductors that are tuned to a topological, node-reconstruction transition point we could create superconducting wires that are intrinsically resilient to quenches. Recent work shows that the exponent characterising the temperature dependence of the specific heat of a nodal superconductor is lowered over a region of the phase diagram near topological transitions where nodal lines form or reconnect. Our idea is that the resulting enhancement of the low-temperature specific heat could have potential application in the prevention of superconductor quenches. We perform numerical simulations of a simplified superconductor quench model. Results show that decreasing the specific heat exponent can prevent a quench from occurring and improve quench resilience, though in our simple model the effects are small. Further work will be necessary to establish the practical feasibility of this approach.<\/p>\n<p>Comments: Accepted version for IEEE-TAS (Proceedings of EUCAS 2017)<br \/>\nSubjects: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)<br \/>\nJournal reference: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 2018, 28(4):1-5<br \/>\nDOI: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1109\/TASC.2018.2791515\">10.1109\/TASC.2018.2791515<\/a><br \/>\nCite as: arXiv:1712.02771 [cond-mat.supr-con] (or arXiv:1712.02771v2 [cond-mat.supr-con] for this version)<\/p>\n<p>Change log:<\/p>\n<p>Added publication information on 10 Jan 2018 and 21 Feb 2018.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/strongcorrelations\/2017\/12\/12\/can-topological-transitions-be-exploited-to-engineer-intrinsically-quench-resistant-wires\/&amp;t=Can Topological Transitions be Exploited to Engineer Intrinsically Quench-resistant Wires?' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Can Topological Transitions be Exploited to Engineer Intrinsically Quench-resistant Wires?%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/strongcorrelations\/2017\/12\/12\/can-topological-transitions-be-exploited-to-engineer-intrinsically-quench-resistant-wires\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/strongcorrelations\/2017\/12\/12\/can-topological-transitions-be-exploited-to-engineer-intrinsically-quench-resistant-wires\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/strongcorrelations\/2017\/12\/12\/can-topological-transitions-be-exploited-to-engineer-intrinsically-quench-resistant-wires\/&amp;title=Can Topological Transitions be Exploited to Engineer Intrinsically Quench-resistant Wires?' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/strongcorrelations\/2017\/12\/12\/can-topological-transitions-be-exploited-to-engineer-intrinsically-quench-resistant-wires\/&amp;title=Can Topological Transitions be Exploited to Engineer Intrinsically Quench-resistant Wires?' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philip Whittlesea, Jorge Quintanilla, James F. 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