Point-contact spectroscopy investigation of superconducting-gap anisotropy in the nickel borocarbide compound LuNi 2B 2C

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Bobrov, N L ^a,b   Beloborod'ko, S I ^a   Tyutrina, L V ^a   Yanson, I K ^a   Naugle, D G ^b   Rathnayaka, K D D ^b  

^a B VERKIN INSTITUTE FOR LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING   (Ukraine)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; CARBON; LUTETIUM; NICKEL; NICKEL BOROCARBIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ENERGY; FERMION; MODEL; PARAMETER; POINT CONTACT SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 17044416152     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.014512     Document Type: Article

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