Rafael Dinner's publications and supplemental material

For a permanent link or bookmark to this page, use this address.

Superconducting nanocomposite thin films download
Rafael B. Dinner, Suman-Lata Sahonta, Rong Yu, Nadia A. Stelmashenko, Judith L. MacManus-Driscoll, and Mark G. Blamire, "Superconductor-ferromagnet nanocomposites created by co-deposition of niobium and dysprosium" Superconductor Science and Technology 22 075001 (2009). PDF, 2.0MB
 M. G. Blamire, R. B. Dinner, S. C. Wimbush and J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, "Critical current enhancement by Lorentz force reduction in superconductor–ferromagnet nanocomposites" Superconductor Science and Technology 22 025017 (2009). PDF, 0.4MB
A. Palau, R. Dinner, J.H. Durrell, and M. G. Blamire, "Vortex Breaking and Cutting in Type II Superconductors" Physical Review Letters 101 097002 (2008). PDF, 1.9MB
S.C. Speller, R.B. Dinner, and C.R.M. Grovenor, "Growth of Tl2Ba2CaCu2O8 superconducting thin films on curved substrates for metamaterials applications" Journal of Crystal Growth 310 4081 (2008). PDF, 1.0MB
Scanning Hall probe microscopy of superconductors download
B. Kalisky, J. R. Kirtley, E. A. Nowadnick, R. B. Dinner, E. Zeldov, Ariando, S. Wenderich, H. Hilgenkamp, D. M. Feldmann, and K. A. Moler, "Dynamics of single vortices in grain boundaries: I-V characteristics on the femtovolt scale" Applied Physics Letters 94 202504 (2009). PDF, 0.5MB
Rafael B. Dinner, Kathryn A. Moler, D. Matthew Feldmann, and M. R. Beasley, "Enhanced current flow through meandering grain boundaries in YBa2Cu3O7-δ films" Applied Physics Letters 90 212501 (2007). 3 pages, 2 figures. PDF, 0.5MB
  • AMSC.avi is the movie accompanying Figure 2, showing images of a YBCO coated conductor grown by MOD on RABiTS.
 zipped AVI, 5MB
  • GB0.avi, GB30.avi, and GB60.avi are movies accompanying Figure 3, showing images of single grain boundaries in YBCO films.
 zipped AVIs, 14MB
Rafael B. Dinner, Kathryn A. Moler, D. Matthew Feldmann, and M. R. Beasley, "Imaging ac losses in superconducting films via scanning Hall probe microscopy" Physical Review B 75 144503 (2007). 12 pages, 8 figures. PDF, 1MB
Supplemental material: Two videos presenting the properties of a superconducting film as they evolve with time over a half cycle of applied 400 Hz current.
  • BJE.avi shows the vertical component of magnetic induction, Bz, the components of current density, Jx and Jy, and the components of inductive electric field, Eix and Eiy.
zipped AVI, 8MB
  • EP.avi shows the electrostatic portion of electric field, Ep, the total electric field, E, and the power input to the film, P.
zipped AVI, 4MB
Rafael B. Dinner, M. R. Beasley, and Kathryn A. Moler, "Cryogenic scanning Hall-probe microscope with centimeter scan range and submicron resolution" Review of Scientific Instruments 76 103702 (2005). 11 pages, 7 figures. PDF, 1MB
Supplemental material: A video of current, voltage, and the vertical component of magnetic induction, Bz, in a strip of YBCO that crosses a grain boundary, as described in Section IV of the article. Time evolution over a full cycle of applied 400 Hz current is shown.
zipped AVI, 3MB
PhD thesis/dissertation, "Scanning Hall Probe Microscopy of Supercurrents in YBCO Films," Stanford University, December 2006. Hyperlinked version with margins for 2-sided printing. PDF, 24MB
Design of drift chambers for muon detection download
J. Kirchner, U. Becker, R. Dinner, K. Fidkowski, and J. Wyatt, “Optimization of drift gases for accuracy in pressurized drift tubes,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 474, 238 (2001). PDF, 0.3MB
E. Fortunato, U. Becker, and R. Dinner, “Understanding the impact of additives with large inelastic cross sections on drift chamber performance,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 421, 278 (1999). PDF, 0.3MB
U. Becker, R. Dinner, E. Fortunato, J. Kirchner, K. Rosera, and Y. Uchida, “Consistent measurements comparing the drift features of noble gas mixtures,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 421, 54 (1999). PDF, 0.2MB
E. Fortunato, U. Becker, R. Dinner, J. Kirchner, K. Rosera, and Y. Uchida, “A systematic study of electron drift for gaseous chamber design,” 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 1, 106 (1998). PDF, 0.3MB

Legal notice: These articles are copyrighted by their publishers. They may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the publisher.

File format help:

Javascript is only used on this page to create a clickable e-mail link that is protected from bots (by Syronex).