Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

Amount

$186,000.00

Award Date

7/31/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

THE KEY TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF SUPERCONDUCTORS HINGES ON VORTEX DYNAMICS, THE PHYSICS OF MAGNETIC FLUX QUANTA (VORTICES) WHICH PENETRATE THE SUPERCONDUCTOR DURING APPLICATION CONDITIONS. AN EXCITING PROBLEM IN VORTEX DYNAMICS CONCERNS EFFECTS OF THE