The phase transition phenomena in anisotropic superconductors: Effect of the orthorhombic crystal field and the potential impurity scattering

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 70-81

  Harań, Grzegorz ^a,b   Taylor, Jason ^a   Nagi, A D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

D wave superconductor; Fermi surface; Pair breaking; Specific heat at Tc; Weak coupling

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; ELECTRON SCATTERING; FERMI SURFACE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRONIC SPECIFIC HEAT JUMP; ORTHORHOMBIC CRYSTAL FIELDS; PAIR BREAKING; WEAK COUPLING MEAN FIELD APPROACH;

OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0031124980     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4534(97)00076-2     Document Type: Article

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