The pseudogap in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x single crystals from tunneling measurements: A possible evidence for the Cooper pairs above Tc

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 86-91

  Mourachkine, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 0033622248     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2000-00123-2     Document Type: Article

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