Excitation gap in the normal state of underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O(8+δ)

Science

Volumn 273, Issue 5273, 1996, Pages 325-329

  Loeser, A G ^a   Shen, Z X ^a   Dessau, D S ^a,c   Marshall, D S ^b   Park, C H ^a   Fournier, P ^b,d   Kapitulnik, A ^b  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHOTOEMISSION; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ANGLE RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; BARDEEN COOPER SCHRIEFFER THEORY; DOPING LEVEL; EXCITATION GAP; SINGLE ELECTRON EXCITATION SPECTRUM; SUPERCONDUCTING GAP;

OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

COPPER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0039224686     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5273.325     Document Type: Article

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