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Phys. Rev. B 64, 012505 (2001) [4 pages]

Quantum force in a superconductor

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A. V. Nikulov
Institute of Microelectronics Technology and High Purity Materials, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow District, Russia

Received 14 June 2000; revised 31 October 2000; published 8 June 2001

In order to account for a contradiction of the Little-Parks experiment with Ohm’s law and other fundamental laws, the thermal fluctuation is considered as a dynamic phenomenon and an extra force, called the quantum force, is introduced. A persistent current can exist at zero voltage and nonzero resistance because of the quantum force induced by the thermal fluctuation. Not only the persistent current but also a persistent voltage (a direct voltage in the equilibrium state) can exist in an inhomogeneous superconducting ring. The directions of the persistent current and the persistent voltage coincide in a ring segment with lower critical temperature and are opposite in other ring segments with higher Tc. Consideration of a superconducting ring interrupted by Josephson junction shows a connection of the quantum force with a real mechanical force.

© 2001 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.012505
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.64.012505
PACS:
74.20.De, 64.70.-p, 73.23.Ra