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Experimental Evidence for Quantized Flux in Superconducting Cylinders

Bascom S. Deaver, Jr. and William M. Fairbank
Phys. Rev. Lett. 7, 43 – Published 15 July 1961
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  • Received 16 June 1961

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.7.43

©1961 American Physical Society

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Letters from the Past - A PRL Retrospective

2008 marked PRL’s 50th anniversary. As part of the celebrations a collection of milestone Letters was started. The collection contains Letters that have made long-lived contributions to physics, either by announcing significant discoveries, or by initiating new areas of research.

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Landmarks—Superconductor Quantizes Magnetic Field

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In 1961, confirmation that a magnetic field inside a superconducting ring is limited to discrete values demonstrated that superconducting electrons pair up.

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Bascom S. Deaver, Jr. and William M. Fairbank

  • Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California

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Vol. 7, Iss. 2 — 15 July 1961

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