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London penetration depth

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London penetration depth [′lən·dən ‚pen·ə′trā·shən ‚depth]
(solid-state physics)
A measure of the depth which electric and magnetic fields can penetrate beneath the surface of a superconductor from which they are otherwise excluded, according to the London superconductivity theory.


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The change of the London penetration depth with temperature is directly related to the structure of the so-called superconducting gap, which in turn depends on the microscopic mechanism of how electron pairs are formed," said Prozorov.
 
 
 
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