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Abrikosov vortex
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Superconductivity/pqQAlSzJ">superconductivity</a>, a <a href="/facts/Fluxon/RVAJetQE">fluxon</a> (also called an Abrikosov vortex or quantum vortex) is a vortex of <a href="/facts/Supercurrent/RgxuAVEd">supercurrent</a> in a <a href="/facts/Type-II_superconductor/8V4UTGjY">type-II superconductor</a>, used by Soviet physicist <a href="/facts/Alexei_Alexeyevich_Abrikosov/I4Gwb0yB">Alexei Abrikosov</a> to explain magnetic behavior of type-II superconductors. Abrikosov vortices occur generically in the <a href="/facts/Ginzburg%25E2%2580%2593Landau_theory/VAHPgSzY">Ginzburg–Landau theory</a> of superconductivity. </p>