Quantitative test of a microscopic mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6713, 1998, Pages 733-735

  Demler, Eugene ^a,b   Zhang, Shou Cheng ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 0032585607     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/25482     Document Type: Article

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