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Cornelis Jacominus Van Der Beek,
Giancarlo Rizza,
Marcin Konczykowski,
Pierre Fertey,
Isabelle Monnet,
Ryuji Okazaki,
Terukazu Kato,
Kenishiro Hashimoto, M. Shimozawa,
Hiroaki Shishido,
Minoru Yamashita,
Motoyuki Ishikado,
Hijiri Kito,
Akira Iyo,
Hiroshi Eisaki,
Shin-ichi Shamoto,
Takasada Shibauchi,
Yuji Matsuda
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ABSTRACT: Crystalline disorder in the pnictide superconductor PrFeAsO1−y is studied using magneto-optical visualisation of flux penetration, Transmission Electron Microscopy, and X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation. Critical-state like flux distributions and the magnitude and temperature dependence of the critical current demonstrate bulk vortex pinning by oxygen vacancies at all temperatures.