Magnetically mediated superconductivity in heavy fermion compounds

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6688, 1998, Pages 39-43

  Mathur, N D ^a,b   Grosche, F M ^a,c   Julian, S R ^a   Walker, I R ^a   Freye, D M ^a   Haselwimmer, R K W ^a   Lonzarich, G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ELECTRONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CRITICAL LATTICE DENSITY; HEAVY FERMION COMPOUND; MAGNETIC INTERACTION MODEL; MAGNETIC SPIN-SPIN INTERACTION; PHONON VIBRATION; SUPERCURRENT;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

CERIUM; COPPER DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032474839     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/27838     Document Type: Review

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