Averaged effective pinning potential in YBCO single crystals close to Tc
  In this paper we present our results on the low density magnetic flux pinning characteristics, obtained though HTSC samples magnetization relaxation measurements M(t) near the phase transition temperatures (0,8 < T/Tc > 0,99).As the main object of investigation we have chosen pure YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) single crystal samples with optimal oxygen saturation. We note the presence of strong pinning in the system of unidirectional planar defects and a significant nonmonotonicity of the Up(T) dependence behavior for low density trapped magnetic flux. 
V.Yu. Monarkha, A.G. Sivakov, V.P. Timofeev
cond-mat.supr-con