Specific heat and low-lying excitations in the mixed state for a type-II superconductor

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Nakai, N ^a   Miranovic P ^b   Ichioka, M ^c   Machida, K ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33646344273     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.172501     Document Type: Article

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