c-Axis electrodynamics as evidence for the interlayer theory of high- temperature superconductivity

Science

Volumn 279, Issue 5354, 1998, Pages 1196-1198

  Andersen, Philip W ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; COPPER DERIVATIVE; LANTHANUM; MERCURY; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 0032549096     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5354.1196     Document Type: Article

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19. I should like to acknowledge extensive discussions with D. van der Marel, S. Chakravarty, D. G. Clarke, N.-P. Ong, and, especially, K. A. Moler.