Proposal to determine the spectrum of pairing glue in high-temperature superconductors

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Vekhter, I ^a   Varma, C M ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ENERGY GAP; FERMI LEVEL; FERMI SURFACE; FERMIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANGLE-RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION; ANISOTROPIC SUPERCONDUCTOR; BOSON; BOSON-FERMION COUPLING; COOPER PAIRING; ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTION; MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTION CURVE;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0042812428     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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