X-ray scattering evidence for macroscopic strong pinning centers in the sliding CDW state of NbSe3

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 289-295

  Rideau, D ^a,b   Monceau, P ^a   Currat, R ^b   Requardt, H ^c,e   Nad, F ^a,d   Lorenzo, J E ^b,e   Brazovskii, S ^f   Detlefs, C ^e   Grubel G ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^e EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 0035797811     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2001-00608-x     Document Type: Article

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