From constant to non-degenerately vanishing magnetic fields in superconductivity

Abstract

We explore the relationship between two reference functions arising in the analysis of the Ginzburg–Landau functional. The first function describes the distribution of superconductivity in a type II superconductor subjected to a constant magnetic field. The second function describes the distribution of superconductivity in a type II superconductor submitted to a variable magnetic field that vanishes non-degenerately along a smooth curve.