Irreversible magnetization in thin YBCO films rotated in external   magnetic field
  The magnetization M of a thin YBaCuO film is measured as a function of the angle $\theta $ between the applied field H and the c-axis. For fields above the first critical field, but below the Bean's field for first penetration H*, M is symmetric with respect to $\theta =\pi $ and the magnetization curves for forward and backward rotation coincide. For H>H* the curves are asymmetric and they do not coincide. These phenomena have a simple explanation in the framework of the Bean critical state model. 
R. Prozorov, A. Poddar, E. Sheriff, A. Shaulov, Y. Yeshurun (Institute   for Superconductivity, Physics Department, Bar-Ilan...