Influence of parity on the persistent currents of superconducting nanorings

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Sharov, Sergei V ^a,c   Zaikin, Andrei D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICS OF MICROSTRUCTURES   (Russian Federation)

^d LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRON; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 17044376798     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.014518     Document Type: Article

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