title: Normal domain temperature profile in second generation HTS tape wire.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Studies of the normal zone in high-temperature superconducting wires are extremely important for power applications, such as fault current limiters, motors, cables etc. We studied the temperature distribution and normal domain propagation in high-temperature superconducting YBCO tape with highly resistive substrate.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For applied voltages exceeding a certain threshold value the normal domain was found to become unstable and started to propagate along the tape.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The normal domain in superconducting tape with highly resistive substrate appears when voltage is applied to the sample. At voltages greater than the threshold value, the domain starts to move. This motion enables us to find the domain temperature and potential profile.
authors.affiliation: Lebedev Physical Institute RAS, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Andrey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Malginov
authors.forename: Alexander Yu
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Kuntsevich
authors.forename: Vladimir A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Malginov
authors.forename: Leonid S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Fleishman
keywords: High-temperature superconductors; Normal zone propagation; Phase transition