Large value of the electron-phonon coupling parameter and the possibility of surface superconductivity at the Be(0001) surface

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 1998, Pages R6866-R6869

  Balasubramanian, T ^a   Jensen, E ^a   Wu, X ^b   Hulbert, S ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001268723     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.R6866     Document Type: Article

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