[Physics] Perfect conductor and magnetic field

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Can current be induced in a superconductor?

Magnetic flux of a magnet cannot enter a perfect conductor.
Again moving electrons ,protons produce magnetic field(and thus magnetic flux).
So what about the magnetic flux of the charged particles inside the perfect conductor(those protons and electrons which make the perfect conductor)?
can magnetic field exist inside the conductor and just cannot enter from outside?
If the question is not clear please inform me.

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Edit: I realized I misunderstood the question - I'm used to dealing with superconducting coils, so my answer referred to the flux through the middle of a coil of superconductor.

No - whatever flux existed through the middle of a coil of superconductor when it became a superconductor (usually, when it was cooled below its $T_c$) is locked into the coil. Any additional magnetic flux changes around the superconductor are expelled by inducted EMFs.

In superconducting magnets, usually the superconducting coils are charged by induction while they are above $T_c$ (and therefore not yet superconducting), then they are cooled down; as long as they stay cool and in the superconducting state, the flux through the coil will not change, and the coil acts like a permanent magnet.

Also, it sounds like you think protons are moving around in superconductors, which is not the case - just the electrons.

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