Absence of a spin gap in the superconducting ladder compound Sr2Ca12Cu24O41

Science

Volumn 279, Issue 5349, 1998, Pages 345-348

  Mayaffre, H ^a   Auban Senzier, P ^a   Nardone, M ^a   Jerome D ^a   Poilblanc, D ^b   Bourbonnais, C ^c   Ammerahl, U ^d,e   Dhalenne, G ^d   Revcolevschi, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

KNIGHT SHIFT; RELAXATION TIME; SPIN GAP;

OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

CALCIUM; COPPER; COPPER 63; OXYGEN; STRONTIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; METAL BINDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTICS; PREDICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 0032536015     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5349.345     Document Type: Article

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46. H.M. thanks the Direction de la Recherche et de la Technologie (DRET) for financial support. We acknowledge illuminating discussions with T. Giamarchi. U.A. acknowledges support from Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) in the frame of the Procope program and the graduiertenkolleg of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.