Linear response function around a localized impurity in a superconductor

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 413-418

  Angilella, Giuseppe G N ^a   Leys, F E ^b   March, N H ^b,c   Pucci, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Superconductors; D. Defects; D. Electronic structure

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERMI LEVEL; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS;

MOMENTUM-SPACE ANISOTROPY;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 0037333648     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3697(02)00301-3     Document Type: Article

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