Scattering by impurity-induced order-parameter “holes” in d-wave superconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 9606-9610

  Hirschfeld, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0001362961     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.9606     Document Type: Article

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