NSF Org:	OISE Office of International Science and Engineering
Recipient:	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Initial Amendment Date:	June 14, 2000
Latest Amendment Date:	June 14, 2000
Award Number:	0071882
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Francis J. Wodarczyk OISE  Office of International Science and Engineering O/D  Office Of The Director
Start Date:	July 1, 2000
End Date:	June 30, 2001 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$2,900.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$2,900.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2000 = $2,900.00
History of Investigator:	Peter Sternberg (Principal Investigator) sternber@indiana.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Indiana University 107 S INDIANA AVE BLOOMINGTON IN  US  47405-7000 (317)278-3473
Sponsor Congressional District:	09
Primary Place of Performance:	Indiana University 107 S INDIANA AVE BLOOMINGTON IN  US  47405-7000
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	09
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	YH86RTW2YVJ4
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	AMERICAS PROGRAM
Primary Program Source:	app-0100
Program Reference Code(s):	5974, 9161, AMPP
Program Element Code(s):	597700
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.079

ABSTRACT

This US-Argentina proposal requests support for Dr. Peter Sternberg of Indiana University on Bloomington to collaborate with Drs. Manuel Del Pino and Patricio Felmer at the University of Chile in Santiago on the onset of superconductivity in large magnetic fields.

This project is a continuation of an investigation of the nucleation of superconductivity in the presence of large applied magnetic fields. The Principal Investigators will use the Ginzburg-Landau energy as a model to focus on their goal of describing the behavior of the (non-zero) order parameter whose emergence signals the loss of stability of the so-called "normal state" once the temperature decreases beyond a critical value. They seek precise information about the critical temperature/magnetic field curve in order to provide a theory to support the many experimental efforts underway in recent years to capture this relationship. The project will describe states possessing vortex lattice structure (unbounded samples) and states localized about high-curvature sections of the sample boundary (bounded samples).

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