John W Neuberger and Robert J Renka 2003 Supercond. Sci. Technol. 16 1413 doi:10.1088/0953-2048/16/12/020
John W Neuberger1 and Robert J Renka2
Show affiliationsWe use a gradient descent method to numerically calculate critical points of the Ginzburg–Landau energy functional for a two-dimensional domain, possibly including holes. By directly minimizing the functional we avoid the difficulty of treating the Ginzburg–Landau equations with their associated nonlinear boundary conditions. The descent method is made efficient by the use of Sobolev gradients. In order to find the minimum-energy critical point we simulate a cooling process in which we compute a sequence of critical points, each associated with a slightly lower temperature. The solution at each temperature value serves as a good initial estimate for the next value. We present test results that demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.
74.20.De Phenomenological theories (two-fluid, Ginzburg-Landau, etc.)
Issue 12 (December 2003)
Received 17 July 2003, in final form 29 August 2003
Published 5 November 2003
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