Magnetic enhancement of superconductivity from electron spin domains

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6953, 2003, Pages 51-55

  Radovan, H A ^a   Fortune, N A ^b   Murphy, T P ^a   Hannahs, S T ^a   Palm, E C ^a   Tozer, S W ^a   Hall, D ^a,c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; FERMIONS; FREE ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION; SPECIFIC HEAT; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRON SPIN DOMAINS;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

CESIUM; COBALT; INDIUM;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENERGY; HEAT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATION; PHYSICS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0043282589     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01842     Document Type: Article

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