Possible field-tuned superconductor-insulator transition in high-T c superconductors: Implications for pairing at high magnetic fields

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Steiner, M A ^a   Boebinger, G ^b   Kapitulnik, A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSIPATIVE STATE; FERMI STATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS (HTSC); PHASE FLUCTUATIONS;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MELTING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 18044395527     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.107008     Document Type: Article

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