Irreversible magnetization effects in a network of resistively shunted tunnel junctions

Abstract
We investigate the magnetic behavior of a two-dimensional network of resistively-shunted (zero-capacitance) Josephson junctions, treating magnetic screening effects in a self-consistent manner. By this, we obtain stationary distributions of magnetic flux and hysteresis effects typical of single crystals or ceramic samples of high-Tc superconductors, depending upon the magnitude of the magnetic penetration depth λJ.