Slope of the superconducting gap function in (formula presented) measured by vacuum tunneling spectroscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 11962-11973

  Hirsch, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000838341     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.11962     Document Type: Article

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