Condensation energy and the mechanism of superconductivity

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Chakravarty, Sudip ^a   Kee, Hae Young ^b   Abrahams, Elihu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONDUCTOR; ENERGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0038756080     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.100504     Document Type: Article

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