Theory of a higher-order phase transition: The superconducting transition in Ba0.6K0.4BiO3

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Kumar, Pradeep ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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BARIUM DERIVATIVE; BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; METAL OXIDE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONDUCTOR; ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; SUPERCONDUCTOR; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 17444453053     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.064505     Document Type: Article

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