C-axis infrared conductivity of a-wave superconductor with impurity and spin-fluctuation scattering

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 12742-12747

  Hirschfeld, P ^a   Quinlan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 0001619062     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.55.12742     Document Type: Article

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