Investigation of the superconducting energy gap in the compound LuNi 2B2C by the method of point contact spectroscopy: Two-gap approximation

Low Temperature Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 489-496

  Bobrov, N L ^a   Beloborod'ko, S I ^a   Tyutrina, L V ^a   Chernobay, V N ^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

BINARY ALLOYS; ENERGY GAP; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ABSOLUTE VALUES; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; GAP APPROXIMATION; POINT CONTACT SPECTROSCOPY; SMALL GAPS; SUPERCONDUCTING ENERGY GAP; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RISE;

POINT CONTACTS;

EID: 33745289572     PISSN: 1063777X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2199452     Document Type: Article

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