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Low-flux neutron irradiation of ceramic YBa2 Cu3O7−δ

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Pellets of sintered YBa2Cu3O7−δ with three different oxygen contents have been irradiated with fast neutron beams of energies 6.5, 3.3 and 4.4 MeV at fluences of 7.7·104, 1.3·105 and 1.4·109 n/cm2, respectively. The radiation damage has been investigated by comparing the critical temperature (T midc ), the zero resistivity and the onset temperature before and after neutron irradiation. The critical current has been measured for a few samples in the same experimental conditions. In all transport measurements two different responses to the neutron radiation are observed and discussed.

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  1. Dipartimenti di Fisica e di Scienza dei Materiali, Plitecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italia

    E. Mezzetti, B. Minetti, F. Abbattista & M. Vallino

  2. Istituto Electtrotecnico Nazionale «Galileo Ferraris», Strada delle Cacce 91, 10135, Torino, Italia

    D. Andreone & V. Lacquaniti

  3. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, 35020, Legnaro, Italia

    R. Cherubini

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Mezzetti, E., Minetti, B., Abbattista, F. et al. Low-flux neutron irradiation of ceramic YBa2 Cu3O7−δ . Il Nuovo Cimento D 12, 1017–1020 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02453047

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